Heaven forbid he answer a serious question in any remotely sincere way. Regardless of whether the sidestepping, the ducking, the dodging, the redirection is intentional or even mean-spirited, it muddies the waters to a point that's simultaneously unnerving and exasperating.

He's not incensed enough to pursue it. So he doesn't.

"She wasn't too put off by the last one?" says Tim, dryly.