Let’s face it ladies… there are some things that men simply do better. It’s in their wiring. On the bright side, it ‘s important to note that most of their gender based talents do not necessarily do much for the greater good. This includes belching the alphabet, spitting long distances, and getting dressed for the day in 30 seconds or less. Also on the top of the list is a skill that simply eludes most women. However, for boys, it serves a primary source of entertainment throughout a man’s life. I am talking, of course, about sound effects.

We start off on equal footing. Both boy babies and girl babies get a kick out of blowing raspberries. However, this childhood highlight soon losses its luster for little girls once words are introduced. However, men at every age can’t help but giggle when they or a buddy produce obscene sounds. In my household, I have already had to stop my three-year-old from pulling his older brother’s finger.

Soon, boys graduate to more advanced sounds effects starting with planes (vroooooom), trains, (chugachugachugachuga)and fire trucks (reeeewooo reeewoooo). They then move to animal sounds and finally proceed to weapons like machine guns (phtphtpht) and light sabers (wompwompwomp). By the time they hit adolescents, they are moving onto another exclusively male talent, quoting movies.

They do it every time they get together with male friends and can spend an entire evening quoting “Caddy Shack” or “Napoleon Dynamite”. Women would much rather our men quote poetry – not “Pulp Fiction”. After all, when did Terintino replace Shakespeare?