Another form of "the question"

[Chef]

A way to preserve the mystery is, "As a gentleman, I would never answer that question."

I used that a few times until the reply I got from a woman was, "I couldn't pass the physical to be a gentleman, so what's under there?"

When I get that question, I usually reply with something like, "A true Scotsman never tells. . . , but with enough Scotch he might show you!" Which usually gets a good laugh.

You should follow that up with " and I'm several short of where I would need to be, are you buying?" If they say yes, then it's Macallan 18 time. Their wallet will give out long before you need to pay up.

By the by, a "true Scotsman" calls it whisky. An American calls it Scotch.