(teaching the little old lady to fetch) little old lady: “Can I have the remote?

(teaching the little old lady to fetch)

little old lady: “Can I have the remote?”

me: (I hate the television with a passion) “This?”

her: (look of resignation that says ‘what’s he gonna do now’)

me: (waving the remote) “Fetch betty, fetch!” (tosses it across the room onto the couch.)

her: (looks the other way, exasperated)

me: (false look of disappointment) “training parents takes forever”.

her: “Some day Doolittle I’m going to make you pay”.

(and yes, I do eventually give her the remote and then put my headphones on.)