Quote Originally Posted by KiltedCodeWarrior
Yes Jamie, that is the oldest, most oft quoted response, and yes we are advanced enough to understand the play on words. However if you review my initial post on this topic, you would see that it would have been a completely inappropriate response in that situation, as would basically all of the tongue in cheek answers found on many web sites.

RJI
I disagree - one has to defuse the situation and a quick response usually does. The lighter the better 'cos you can't treat such a question seriously - it gets too heavy.
You can't really ignore the guy otherwise he might pursue you with a further question. If you don't want to make a witty response and I accept the above one I quoted is the oldest (but believe me if I had a £1 for everytime I have to spell it out to foreigners I would be rich) then keep it simple and just say with a cheeky smile "Of course its true" and then try and avoid him and escape. Most times these punks wont take it further. Women with a drink however will and they can be horrors - they dont give up even though they would be outrages if you did the same to them.