The number one topic in polite conversation for Canadians is weather.
"Oh, it's a beautiful day out today!"
"Did you hear? The news said it was supposed to snow."
"It's miserable out."
I used to think that everyone did this, but now I'm not so sure...maybe I was simply experiencing ingroup bias. I'll have to do some research to determine whether the weather is talked about in other countries as much as it is talked about here.
If not, why do we Canadians spend so much time talking about the weather...?
P.S. It's raining buckets.