Johnny Depp, So Hot He Makes a Mustache Look Good

I recently rented Public Enemies, the movie where Johnny Depp portrays brutal 1930s bank robber extraordinaire, John Dillinger. Can I just say – of all the terrible acts he commits in the film, the most surprising to me was pulling off that mustache. And he did. Oh yes he did.

My favorite line is when he goes after the coat check girl:

“I like baseball, movies, good clothes, whiskey, fast cars … and you. What else you need to know?”

I don’t need to know anything, Johnny. You should know that I like long walks in the woods, good underwear, vodka, fast men … and you.

Also, that I will suspend my No Mustaches rule for you, and only you.

See Johnny’s pretty pretty picture.

I Will Beat You With a Stick and Sell You to the Gypsies

We parents have our own special language don’t we? I often threaten to beat my kids with a stick. And of course, it’s only funny because I haven’t so much as spanked them since they were toddlers.

My mom used to tell me all the time she was going to sell me to the gypsies. I’d never heard anyone else say that – ever – until a few weeks ago when I found this. Now, if you don’t know Dooce, you’re supposed to. I didn’t know I was supposed to like her, but how could I not? Gypsy selling and all.

In case you don’t know it, I’m a big geek for knowing how expressions, idioms, and other odd sayings originated. If you can help me trace the beginnings of threatening selling kids to gypsies, I’ll be forever in your debt!

PS – If I have a choice, I want to be sold to Johnny Depp. He’s a gypsy, right?

Ahoy Maties!