Small talk in all male company usually centers on two topics: sports and degrading women. In a mixed company - it usually centers on tee-vee shows. As much quality and variety as numbers 1 through 6 in a burger joint.
PS. Tee-vee and passive entertainment it offers has a really poisonous effect on small talk and social skills. In the "good old days" people had no choice but to enterntain themselves when they got together, and that encouraged them to develop humor, with and social skills. Today people passively watch tee-vee, even when they meet other people, or regurgitate stuff spoon-fed to them by the entertainment industry - no thinking or social skills are required.
wojtek