Episode 303
Small Talk - Prenups vs. Car Crashes? đ¤
Small Talk - Google Sheets Turns 20, Prenups & More! đ Get ready to giggle, âcause weâre diving into some wild stuff today! First up, can you believe Google Sheets just hit the big 2-0? From a tiny web experiment to spreadsheet royalty, itâs been a ride! Then, we tackle prenupsâwho knew comparing marriage to car insurance could be romantic? Just imagine saying, âYouâre my soulmate, and hereâs my deductible!â đ Weâve also got the scoop on a wine surplus in Australia thatâs so massive, theyâre thinking about turning it into ethanol fuel. Cheers to that! đˇ Plus, weâll dish out some juicy Uber lost-and-found stories thatâll leave you shaking your head. Buckle up, itâs gonna be a blast!
Takeaways:
- Google Sheets just hit the big 2-0! Can you believe it's been that long?
- Talking prenups? Just call it marriage insuranceâway less scary, right?
- Red Delicious apples might actually be the superhero of the fruit worldâantioxidants galore!
- Australia's got so much wine, they're thinking of turning it into fuel. Cheers to that!
- Most Americans are totally snoozing on the World Cupâsorry, not sorry!
- Uber's Lost and Found index is a wild ride; from dentures to kitchen faucets, what a haul!
Transcript
Good morning.
Speaker A:It's haystack time for small talk.
Speaker A:Google Sheets turns 20 years old this week.
Speaker A:It began as a very small web based spreadsheet experiment and has grown into one of the world's most widely used productivity tools.
Speaker A:Researchers are saying that the best way to discuss a prenuptial agreement may be to avoid the word prenup entirely and to compare it to something like insurance or an airbag.
Speaker A:Nothing says romance like comparing marriage to a car crash.
Speaker A:Honey, you're my soulmate and here's my deductible.
Speaker A:A study is suggesting that Red Delicious apples may contain more antioxidants than other common apple varieties, especially in their peel.
Speaker A:Somewhere, Granny Smith is demanding a recount.
Speaker A:Australia is dealing with a wine surplus so large that some producers want to convert excess wine into ethanol fuel.
Speaker A:What a great problem to have too much wine.
Speaker A:A Pew survey has found that most Americans do not plan to follow the World cup closely at all.
Speaker A:Spain is the place where people will follow it the most closely.
Speaker A:Amazon has surpassed Big Blue Walmart ATOP the Fortune 500 rankings.
Speaker A:This ends Walmart's 13 year run as America's largest company by revenue.
Speaker A:Uber's annual Lost and Found index has revealed that writers left behind everything from dentures with only two teeth to breast milk to a mannequin to a kitchen faucet.
Speaker A:I talked about that earlier.
Speaker A:It's wild what people leave in an Uber.
Speaker A:It is the fourth day of June, which makes it National Christian T Shirt Day.
Speaker A:Blessed is the fruit of thy loom.
Speaker A:News out that I'm seeing everywhere.
Speaker A:I don't know how effective this will actually be as far as sales go, but it's definitely working.
Speaker A:In the publicity department, Listerine is rolling out a range of what they're calling mouthwash intensities.
Speaker A:More that at 7:15.
Speaker A:We're going to celebrate National Cheese Day at 7:45 with the top six cheese facts that you probably did not know and a little chat about the NBA Finals.
Speaker A:They kicked off last night in San Antonio.
Speaker A:The spurs are predicted by most experts to win the series, but they lost at home last night.
Speaker A:So they've got some work to do.
Speaker A:More on the NBA Finals at 8:45 this morning.
