[annyokie]

Me,too. I'm wondering where my mother came up with "I'm gonna slap you into next week."

[maro]

"Acting up" is pretty mainstream--plenty of whites say that. "Acting out" is the therapeutic generation's new catchphrase. Use of "acting out" suggests that someone has been to a shrink lately, or watched too much Oprah.

[SAJ]

Always liked the line that Bill Cosby credited to his father:

Look, I brought you INTO this world, and I can take you right out of it, too.