This lightning round segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, covers the fun and quirky stories of the week!
Topics include:
• Mountain Dew's new "Dirty" cream soda targeting Gen Z and the dirty soda trend
• Vegas transportation debate: Taxi or Uber? (Chris and Anne weigh in from Grocery Shop)
• Chinese public toilets requiring QR code scans and ad viewing for toilet paper access
• Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's divorce after 19 years... who hits the dating pool first?
Plus birthday shoutouts to Brie Larson, Beck Bennett, and the legendary Julie Andrews turning 90!
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Transcripts
Speaker A:
Let's move on to the lightning round.
Speaker A:
Chris.
Speaker B:
Let's do it.
Speaker A:
Question number one.
Speaker A:
Mountain Dew is coming out with Mountain Dew Dirty, a dirty cream soda meant to appeal to Gen Z consumers.
Speaker A:
And the dirty soda trend.
Speaker A:
Which do.
Speaker A:
Would you do dirty or classic?
Speaker B:
Oh, and a dirty cream soda.
Speaker B:
That sounds fantastic.
Speaker B:
I.
Speaker B:
You know, I like many things dirty.
Speaker B:
What?
Speaker B:
I don't even know what the dirty soda trend is, though.
Speaker B:
What is that?
Speaker A:
Oh, my gosh.
Speaker A:
Have you noticed?
Speaker B:
Sounds good, but I don't know what it is.
Speaker A:
Oh, you have to be on Tik Tok.
Speaker A:
And the real.
Speaker A:
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is the best.
Speaker A:
That's the best.
Speaker A:
Like education for dirty soda, I think.
Speaker A:
But basically, dirty soda is like adding coffee creamer or like a flavored syrup, like a coffee syrup to a soda and mixing all these concoctions.
Speaker A:
So, like, there's a whole, like an.
Speaker B:
Italian soda back in the day.
Speaker B:
That's what we're talking about here.
Speaker A:
Yeah, I mean, that's close enough, but it's dirty because they're adding other ingredients to.
Speaker A:
To it.
Speaker B:
But is one of my favorite words to say.
Speaker A:
They're all.
Speaker A:
They're expanding all across.
Speaker A:
We just got a couple of these dirty soda fountains here in Minnesota, so you'll have to check them out.
Speaker A:
But dirty do never.
Speaker A:
Never something I thought I'd be talking about in.
Speaker A:
In my entire life.
Speaker B:
Dirty cream soda sounds good.
Speaker B:
I like a good cream soda, too.
Speaker B:
But speaking of dirty, you're in Las Vegas.
Speaker B:
Are you taking a taxi or an Uber when you're here?
Speaker A:
I think we found if you're at the airport, you take a taxi.
Speaker A:
If you are anywhere else, I would say Uber, I think.
Speaker B:
Really?
Speaker A:
I think it's the most affordable and convenient way to get around Vegas.
Speaker A:
But no, you.
Speaker A:
You're just all taxi all the time.
Speaker B:
Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker B:
I don't really care.
Speaker B:
I'm definitely air.
Speaker B:
I'm definitely taxi from the airport, for sure.
Speaker B:
Like, the Uber line from the airport is a disaster.
Speaker B:
It's absolutely a disaster.
Speaker A:
Oh, all right, Chris, this one made me think of you instantly.
Speaker B:
Oh, great.
Speaker A:
Public toilets in China are now requiring patrons to scan a QR code and watch an ad in order to gain access to the toilet paper.
Speaker A:
As someone who carries their own toilet paper, would you spare a square if you were in China and somebody didn't have their phone with them in the bathroom, which I don't think is a bad thing?
Speaker A:
What would you do there?
Speaker B:
Yeah, I mean, I probably.
Speaker B:
I think.
Speaker B:
I think I would spare a square.
Speaker B:
I mean, I've offered my.
Speaker B:
My spare roll of toilet paper to you and we've traveled.
Speaker B:
You've never taken me up on it.
Speaker B:
So I'm not.
Speaker B:
I'm not sure actually anyone would want a square of my spare.
Speaker A:
But it depends.
Speaker A:
It depends on the situation.
Speaker A:
If you don't have.
Speaker A:
You can't watch.
Speaker A:
I mean, if it's nothing or some a stranger spare square.
Speaker B:
Right.
Speaker B:
That's true.
Speaker B:
That's a good point.
Speaker B:
Like the, the timing of the offering is important here.
Speaker B:
So if I offer it free, it's probably going to get turned down, but if it needs to be offered post, it's probably going to be accepted.
Speaker B:
That's what you're telling me here?
Speaker A:
Yes, yes, yes.
Speaker B:
All right.
Speaker B:
That.
Speaker B:
That actually makes a ton of logical sense.
Speaker A:
And all right, sometimes I do that, sometimes I make sense.
Speaker A:
It's not often, but that's funny.
Speaker A:
But when it comes to toilet paper stalls in China.
Speaker A:
Yes, I can sense the sensibility there.
Speaker B:
All right, all right, last one.
Speaker B:
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are calling it quits after 19 years of marriage.
Speaker B:
My question for you is this.
Speaker B:
Which of the two do you think is more likely to jump into the dating pool first?
Speaker A:
Oh, for sure.
Speaker A:
Keith Urban.
Speaker B:
I. I'm already there.
Speaker A:
I'm willing to bet that he's already been jumping in the dating pool and that's why this 19 year of marriage is coming to an end.
Speaker A:
But look, I think Nicole Kidman is just gonna go off and live her best life if she isn't already with Reese Witherspoon and Sandra Bullock and all of her like girlfriends of the same Hollywood era who are now single.
Speaker A:
Just like doing them.
Speaker A:
I think it's amazing.
Speaker A:
So go Nicole.
Speaker A:
I'm very excited to see what happens to you next.
Speaker A:
And she's Anita, man, she's great.
Speaker B:
She had that movie where she like had that affair with like the 20 something too.
