lol Alan,
I remember a number of years ago in the UK, a diminuative but fiery CO named Wilf Gregory. A pocket battleship of a man constantly butting heads with any heads he spotted.
He felt that to take a compliment on a talk was the slippery slope to 'man-worship', so to confuse the admirers who were foolish enough to say, 'enjoyed your talk Bro. Gregory', he would immediately quip back, 'Why?'.
On day he got more than he bargained for, when a huge sister with a personality to suit paid the dreaded compliment and recieved the rebuttal, 'Why?'. Without a shadow of hesitation she responded, 'Well my little boy has been such a pest today, and I thought he would disrupt the meeting this evening, but thankfully he found your talk so boring he slept right through it'.
Wilf's face looked for a moment as if somebody had stolen his wallet, then he quickly regained his composure, cleared his throat and silently moved on.
Best regards - HS