Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Jeffy's Corner: Chocolate Bunnies & Robo Cars

Episode Date: April 4, 2015

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You're listening to the Jeff Fisher Show. So I'm driving to work today, and while it was a smooth cruise here in the Metroplex, I'm thinking, oh my gosh, when, A, I either need a driver, which, you know, unless I had your money, I couldn't afford, or I need to get a car that can drive itself. I can just sit in it and plug in, go to work. I don't know how to plug it in. I just want to say it. Get in. Work. Boom.

Down the road we go. Okay? So I can maybe close my eyes, maybe bring out the tablet, do a little bit of work, make a phone call, tweet something, play solitaire, whatever I want to do. Okay? I can clean my ears, cut my fingernails, whatever I want to do other than I have to pay attention to the road. And that is coming soon. Now, Delphi just had a car drive across the country by itself. Huh?

It's almost there. We're almost there. Really cool. The Delphi drove across the United States all the way from California to New York. They said that they used. about 50 or about 99% of the time. They actually said that they had to drive it a couple of times. They had to drive it through a big construction area.

The roads were all Jerry rigged all over, so they had to get through it. And there was another, there was something else that wouldn't get over into a busy lane where it had to go because it was really busy. It was too much traffic, so it was deciding not to go into that lane. and so that's when they took over those two times.

But other than that, it drove by itself across the country. Didn't break the speed limits, followed all the rules. In the end, I believe that they said they realized that it needs a little bit more road rules, road safety, and the idea that like on those, when it wanted to get over and it wouldn't get over to the busy lane. You needed to realize that you needed to get in that lane. And sometimes even when you're a human driving, you can't get in those lanes. You didn't get over soon enough, so you just got to go up and come back around.

I get that. And it also talks about how Delphi, what, I mean, here's America for you. Delphi isn't going to be making the cars. They're making the equipment. They're making it. They put all the equipment. They can't see where the cameras are on the cars. They put the information and the technology in the wheel well

because they want to sell that technology. Do the automotive maker. They can say, hey, here you go. Here's your system. The Delphi system. Put it in your car. It's now a self-driving car. Nice.

I'm ready for it. I am ready for it. Please make it happen. Okay. So it is East. weekend. Right. Easter weekend.

Be ready for your Easter services. It's beautiful. It's a wonderful thing. But also remember that we celebrate Easter with chocolate bunnies. And I never really understood why. I don't know. But apparently there was an Easter bunny museum in Munich, Germany, that showcased examples of Easter rabbits made of cardboard, wood, fabric.

Some had the removable heads that was, I guess those were the beginning of for the chocolates. So once it came across, it came across to the U.S. in Pennsylvania, in 1890 a shoekeeper put a five-foot, five-foot chocolate money in the window to attract business. And then in 1927, a photograph captured two young boys, flanking a 75-pound chocolate bunny in front of a pharmacy in Minnesota. And after that, people wanted chocolate rabbits of all kinds of proportions. So, I mean, it started in the 1890s, even before that in Germany, where they were making cutouts and giving chocolate pieces. But chocolate didn't become a mainstay until, you know, really,

the Industrial Revolution. Oh, I know, until I don't know what. America made it big. Huh. Go figure. Amazing. So, get your chocolate bunny. Hollow or whole.

The whole chocolate bunny. Any way you like. Don't worry about those little eggs. I know you like the little eggs and you get the little candies. And the Easter there. Hey. I want the chocolate bunny. I love the packaging.

because the packaging makes it seem like you've got the 18-foot bunny, and then pull it out, two feet, with hollow and whole ears. So be happy with what you get, okay? Okay.