Genetics and the Remote Control - Kent Ninomiya

If there was ever any doubt that there's a link between genetics and the remote control... I have the proof. It's a universally known fact that men need to control the remote. It's programmed into their DNA. When man first stood upright he headed straight for the couch to sit on his ass and use his newly opposable thumb to channel surf. Various heretics out there might cluelessly claim this is a cultural behavior. Silly them. Today I watched my just past kindergarten son walk into a room where females were watching television, commandeer the remote control, and proceed to flip through the channels until he found a program with crashing cars. When his sister tried to wrestle the remote from him, my son exerted his dominance with the veracity of an alpha dog guarding a rib eye. Once the remote is in his grasp, it's his. I was never so proud of my boy. It's not just about the program on TV either. He will change the channel if he's told to, but he wont give up the remote. The clings to it like a third world dictator clings to power. Even before he could read he knew how to operate every button on the remote. He even managed to program in his favorite channels. He taught himself to do that. If it wasn't programmed into his DNA, then how else can it be explained? *** Kent Ninomiya ***