Washington Business Winter 2016 | Page 16

The Water Cooler “Twitter just changed its star-shaped ‘favorite’ button to a heart-shaped ‘like’ button, and said it’s because the heart is a more universal symbol of liking something. You know, like how people want to see movies that get four hearts, or stay in five-heart hotels.” — “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Nov. 4, 2015 “The company that makes Budweiser is merging with Miller. Yeah, that’s a lot of beer, in fact the next morning they looked at each other and went, ‘Wait, we didn’t...Did we MERGE last night??’” “Today is ‘Back to the Future’ Day. It’s the day Marty McFly traveled forward in time only to find out the most important thing to people in 2015 is movies from the ‘80s.” — “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Oct. 14, 2015 — “Conan O’Brien,” Oct. 21, 2015 “The trailer for the new Star Wars movie made its debut last night during Monday Night Football. Star Wars fans called it a titillating glimpse into the new franchise, while football fans called it the stupidest beer commercial they’ve ever seen.” — “Conan O’Brien,” Oct. 20, 2015 16 association of washington business