Mr. Bean Predicts Chip Shortage Will Cause Global Biscuit Famine!

Chips Chips Glorious Chips!

Right then! I read this news about Mr. Elon fellow... He's gone and got himself into a right state about these 'chips'. Not the lovely kind you eat with sausages mind you. No these are for making those clever robots. Apparently he's buying them from some giants called Nvidia and AMD. Sounds a bit like a new brand of beans doesn't it? *chuckles to himself remembering the exploding baked beans* He says they are important for his AI stuff whatever that means.

Colossus and the Case of the Missing Teddy

Mr. Elon has a giant computer place in Memphis – he calls it 'Colossus'. Sounds like somewhere Teddy would like! I wonder if they have a lost and found? Anyway he has 200,000 of these chips there already! And he's building an even bigger place for even MORE chips! Goodness me that’s more chips than I have in my biscuit tin. Though to be fair Teddy usually eats half of them. Talking about teddy where is he!

Power Struggle: More Juice Than My Kettle!

Now here's the thing. All these chips need POWER! Like when I try to watch telly and charge my electric toothbrush at the same time! Mr. Elon is using these gas burning machines to get power. But some people are saying it's making a right stink and messing with the air. Honestly they need to get a handle on it. We need clean air for kite flying! If I cannot fly my kite how else will I impress the neighbourhood?!

A Prediction Worth More Than Gold... or Biscuits!

Mr. Elon fancies himself a bit of a fortune teller. He says the chips will soon be alright then it's the 'electrical equipment' that will cause problems. And then oh dear a shortage of electricity! This is TERRIBLE! How will I heat up my baked beans? Or more importantly boil water for my tea! No tea no biscuits. No biscuits... absolute chaos! This is an emergency!

Questioning Authority... or Just the Cook?

Mr. Elon reckons people in China don't question 'authority' as much. He says that's why they might not have as many clever ideas. I'm not sure about that. I question authority ALL the time! Like when Mrs. Wicket tells me not to put fish in the kettle. Or when I ask Irma Gobb to marry me (she always says no). I do that more often than you can imagine. It is a sad story really.

Mergers and Maybe Biscuits? A Tricky Business!

Lastly someone asked if Mr. Elon would join his robot company and his car company together. He said maybe but that's a tricky business. Like when I tried to merge my toothbrush with my electric razor. Didn't end well! Especially when Teddy got involved! And that's it. All this talk of chips and power has made me terribly hungry. Time for a cup of tea... if I can find an available socket.