Episode 439
Small Talk — Lakers sold for $12B, Candy Crush cash & shooting stars
Huge headline first: the Lakers just sold for more than $12 billion to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger — yeah, that price tag made my jaw drop this morning. I toss out quick bits you can use at the watercooler: Candy Crush still hauls 81.5 million monthly users and about $876M last year across 22,450 levels, even though only 4% of players pay. We also geek out about the Perseids lighting up the early sky, car colors being stuck on white/black/gray/blue/silver, and Bumble dumping the “women message first” rule so now everyone can stare at matches in silence. Researchers in South Korea say holding a full coffee cup by the handle makes you slosh more — grab the rim, people. Mel Gibson says Lethal Weapon 5 is a “reunion” and the best yet (no release date), a kid in Pennsylvania reeled in a piranha instead of a bass, and three minutes of stair-climbing daily can cut risk for 13 cancers by up to 7%. On a heavier note, a grand jury indicted Nick Reiner on two counts of first‑degree murder and a lying‑in‑wait special circumstance in the deaths of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michelle Singer Reiner. Oh — it’s International Left Handers Day and National Filet Mignon Day, though with beef prices these days, that steak feels like a holiday splurge.
Transcript
Good morning.
Speaker A:It's Haystack time for a little something I call small talk.
Speaker A:Some random topics, some random discussions that you can have with random folks.
Speaker A:The Los Angeles Lakers sold yesterday to American businessmen Josh Kushner and Bob Iger of Disney fame more than $12 billion.
Speaker A:It's pretty amazing that after 15 years, Candy Crush Saga still has 81.5 million monthly active user.
Speaker A:They generated over $870 million last year and they've got 22,450 levels on their mobile app game.
Speaker A:Only 4% of players spend money and they generated $876 million.
Speaker A:The Perseids Media Showers is providing shooting stars across the night sky for you early early in the morning.
Speaker A:The five most popular US Car colors are white, black, gray, blue and silver, in that order.
Speaker A:So apparently car dealers have the same color palette as an office printer.
Speaker A:What in the world?
Speaker A:Dating app Bumble has dropped their women message first rule.
Speaker A:So now they allow either person to initiate a conversation.
Speaker A:That used to be their signature thing.
Speaker A:That women had to say the first message, but now, now either person can stare at the match blankly and refuse to say hello.
Speaker A:Turns out coffee cup handles may actually make you spill coffee.
Speaker A:Researchers in South Korea found that carrying a full cup by its handle increases sloshing while walking.
Speaker A:Using the claw grip around the top rim provides greater stability.
Speaker A:Didn't we all know this already?
Speaker A:Mel Gibson has said that the long awaited fifth movie is the best installment yet as he's getting ready to direct Lethal Weapon, fulfilling what he says was original filmmaker Richard Donner's dying wish.
Speaker A:There has been no release date done as of yet.
Speaker A:30 Years.
Speaker A:30 Years since this thing has has happened.
Speaker A:And that's 30 years is not a sequel.
Speaker A:It's a reunion.
Speaker A:That's what's going to be the subtitle.
Speaker A:Leave the Weapon Lower back pain.
Speaker A:Now.
Speaker A:A boy in Pennsylvania thought he had captured a huge large bass, reeled the catch in, turned out to be a piranha.
Speaker A:That's scary.
Speaker A:Researchers find that three minutes of climbing stairs each day can lower the risk of at least 13 different cancers by as much as 7%.
Speaker A:A grand jury has indicted Nick Reiner on two counts of first degree murder in connection with the deaths of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michelle Singer Reiner.
Speaker A:And a special circumstance allegation of lying in wait as well.
Speaker A:Lastly, this 13th day of August is International Left Handers Day.
Speaker A:You know, there's something about Left Handers that's just not right.
Speaker A:And it's National Filet Mignon Day.
Speaker A:Although with the price of beef.
Speaker A:That's a holiday.
Speaker A:That's more expensive than Christmas.
