Frustrated by rain and overcast skies and feeling their natural urges taking over, thousands of young adults rushed outside on Wednesday to attempt a ritual mating dance during a few minutes of sunshine.
The rush occurred between 9:41 and 9:45 while many of the young people were in class or at work. Surprise and anger turned into sympathy when their teachers, professors, and managers remembered that young people in Luxembourg have it rough.
“Where I grew up, rain was the exception, and when we were young and full of hormones, we would be outside nearly every day and night doing a mating dance,” said university lecturer Carlos Escarra. “It was so much our second nature that it turned into a proper dance. It’s called salsa.”
“Sad for young people here,” said Eftychia Mari, who grew up on the sun-covered island of Crete. “That explains all those awkward, self-conscious movements. They never get a chance to practice.”
While some of the young people who rushed outside denied they were doing a mating dance and instead blamed allergens in the air for their unusual behavior, experts say it is clear what was going on.
“Mating dances are performed by many animals, including humans, all over the world,” said biologist Sam Whale. “For some reason, in Luxembourg, they are just a little weird and clumsy. It’s no one’s fault.”
Observers say that the mating dance resulted in virtually no mating, as the sun was soon covered by dark clouds that dropped heavy, cold rain, forcing everyone back inside.
