Real Life Adventures by Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich for October 09, 2013

Youtube “The Babbitt and The Bromide.” Danny Kaye’s version is best. It parodies how American men are terrible at small talk.

Nope — Men excel at small talk. I can be on and off the phone in minutes. It takes my wife 1/2 hour on phone just to get someone’s phone number.

If you are good at getting people to talk about themselves, you will be perceived as a good conversationalist.

Listening to small talk in North Dakota can be entertaining

yep

Winter Is Coming.

I had this exact conversation with a neighbor this morning.