Well…they’re not freaks but their ability to find even the smallest of things no matter where it is hidden is definitely freakish.

I lost the television remote control yesterday.  I should say my son lost it and after an hour of searching the entire house (it felt like we searched the entire house) and yelling at each other we gave up and decided watching TV was too much work and settled into other, less cumbersome, mouse-oriented activities.

This morning my daughter came downstairs as she does each morning and after prepping for school she spent about 20 seconds looking in the normal remote control hiding spots and then beelined to some weird obscure place and what does she pull out – the remote.

This is both cool and slightly frightening.

I have witnessed this preternatural feminine skill many times over my life and have never understood it. Women have a knack for finding things that is hardwired into them that the average man just seems to lack.

Thankfully women have yet to turn this power to evil and have for the most part remained reasonably altruistic with their abilities. If men had this ability we would easily sell the skill as a service or turn it into some form of get-rich-quick scheme.

I believe that there is balance in the universe and as such there must be an opposing, equally freakish skill set to balance out this female superpower. You know what it is right? It didn’t take me long to realize that men have an astounding ability to lose things, just as incredible as the bloodhound gift women have only opposite. We are the Solomon Grundy to the female Superman (I know it is awkward but go with it).

If you need something lost just give it to a man. Heck I have lost things almost before I was given them. Some men are even capable of losing their glasses while they are on their head. Don’t even get me started about the fridge. Only men can lose an entire four litre jug of milk in a 3×6 foot box.

I once spent 20 minutes ranting and raving about who stole my keys only to realize they were in my hand the whole time…this is a seriously amazing talent offset only by the feminine ability to find things.

In this sense men are just as remarkable as women. As men we spend a good deal of time helping out the second law of thermodynamics by unintentionally creating a good deal of entropy while women spend just as much time coming along using their skills to do the opposite.

People are really incredible when you think about it. Sure women are freakish and scary but, I suppose when you stop and think about it – men are equally freakish thus fulfilling the law that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Of course there are always exceptions to every rule but you get the idea.