Scene: Me, in the kitchen, preparing a piece of chicken with some medication on it for Keppo. Keppo comes out from where he had been sleeping in my office and stands in the middle of the kitchen watching me. 

Me: Are you ready for this? 

I then immediate launch into the aural assault that is 2 Unlimited’s “Get Ready For This” from 1991, except I lose the tune about two bars in and it all goes terribly wrong despite my best efforts. Finally I give up.

Keppo: (blinks)

Me: I know. That’s not even how it goes. I was way off.

Keppo: (blinks, eyes the chicken in my hand that I still haven’t given him)

Me: I’m not even sure why I tried to make that work, it’s not like you get the reference. You’re way too young.

Keppo: (side-eyes me and cranes his neck a little bit in a bid to get closer to the chicken)

Me: …AND you’re a dog. 

Keppo: (takes the drug chicken that I finally offer him, turns, and walks all the way out of the room without looking back)

Me, doing a Rodney Dangerfield voice: Tough crowd.

I swear at that point I could hear Keppo heave a weary sigh from the other room…