I was on my way out the door for lunch when I realized my iPod was still at my desk. I made an abrupt u-turn to retrieve it. When one of my staff members (in her late 60s) looked at me like “What the hell was that about?” I said “I’m smack in the middle of Pirates of the Caribbean 2.” She was still confused, so I elaborated. “That’s why God invented iPods. So Julie could watch Johnny Depp on her lunch hour.”
For the record, that’s also the answer to “Why did God invent TiVo, YouTube, and DVDs?” Except those generally don’t apply to my lunch hour. But you get the general idea.
Personally, I just wouldn’t want my Ipod sitting around in the work environment for fear it wouldn’t be there when I got back from lunch.
Though I’ve heard tell of the attraction of Johnny Depp to the female of the species. Don’t see it myself.
Vince~It sits beside the computer while I’m at my desk so when I get tired of the radio I have something else to listen to. I plug it into the speakers.
I remember my whole family going to the first “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie and me, at first, thinking, “…another damn adventure film to sit through…” That was until I had my first glimpse of Johnny Depp in that particular movie role. I settled in nicely for the ride, wondering why the movie wasn’t longer. Don’t blame you for wanting to share your lunch hour with him…
Jenny~Can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched the first one since I’ve TiVo’d it. Captain Jack Sparrow makes “boring” knitting go faster – he helped me bust through 15″ of my brother’s Christmas scarf in a day, and helped me weave in five million ends on an entrelac scarf. Saturday he helped me finish my mom’s Faroese Peaks shawl. I heart Captain Jack.
The all knowing power that created this technology is perfection, though I still dont have the video Ipod. But, the same applies to TiVo, except insert Brett Favre for Johnny Depp
Did your staff peep get it or just look at you crosseyed as you left the room?
I totally get how Johnny Depp can make knitting go faster–I can finish a washcloth plus get halfway thru another during a good action flick.