There are lads who if they told me that a dog was guaranteed, I would nod with interest and want to know more.
There are lads who if they told me that a dog was guaranteed, I would raise my eyebrows and take a sharp intake of breath.
The former are few and far between, and the latter are all too common.
And the killer is, the lads in the first group would very rarely describe a dog as guaranteed, whereas the latter use it far too frequently.