Have we become a society that needs a weatherman to know which way the wind blows?

This weekend in Canada, it's a long weekend. I've been working my tail off 13 days on one off since November and upon at long last, having three days off, I decided to treat myself to a nice bottle of scotch.

Here's where my point of the question comes in;

I also went out and got some new ice cube trays. They had directions printed on them. Do we really need to know how to make ice?????

What say you nobel P&S-ers?