Recent natural disasters in the Pacific and the Mississippi basin notwithstanding, conversations regarding the weather no longer have the impact they once did, according to a new study by the Rand Corporation. While weather talk may be necessary, most find the mere mention of rain, sunshine, or snow storms to be off-putting, the report indicates.
"People have been talking about the weather for as long as there has been any," reasoned Marv Bel Giorno, head of the Rand Corporation's Mundane Topics Division. "It's just boring. And although the weather changes, there really hasn't been anything new in weather since the introduction of mudstorms in the late sixties."
Farmers, the demographic most naturally concerned with weather, once made meterological prediction the central topic of discussion. In recent years, however, new topics have edged out discussion of the elements in most planters' day-to-day experience: politics, religion, Lady Gaga, the royal wedding, jazzercise, indigestion, and Spongebob Squarepants are now the top topics for the group nationwide.
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