Australian officials have told actor Johnny Depp that he has until Saturday to get his pet dogs out of Australia -- and if they haven't "buggered off" by then they will be put down.
Depp's two dogs are on a deportation countdown after the actor violated Australia's famously strict biosecurity laws by bringing them in on a private flight and without the proper documentation.
The star, who is in Australia filming the latest installment of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, was told that he had to get his pets, Yorkshire terriers named Pistol and Boo, out of the country, Australia's Minister of Agriculture, Barnaby Joyce, said in a televised statement.
Joyce said that a 51-year-old man, Jonathan Christopher Depp, decided to bring two dogs to "our nation, despite not getting the proper certification and the proper permits required. Basically it looked like he snuck them in."
I have no problem with this -- quarantine laws are important and no one, no matter how hot or how much they love their dogs, gets to blow them off. But I heard the minister on BBS Newshour this morning and hearing a public official tell the dogs to "bugger off" made me howl with laughter."If we start letting movie stars, even if they've been 'Sexiest Man Alive' twice, to come into our nation then why don't we just break the laws for everybody. It's time that Pistol and Boo buggered off back to the United States. After that I don't expect to be invited to the opening of 'Pirates of the Caribbean.'"
And yes, just because:
