"Technically I think you're allowed one cup a day," Stephen pointed out, because that was a safe subject that was not about Dean Thomas trying to take his girl (girls, technically, since Amy didn't exactly currently have a choice but to go on this outing, being still situated inside Ruby and all) on a date.
"We have cake here," he said a bit petulantly. "Or, well. Not right now. But we have cake mix."
Obviously he needed some man time or something. Except that wasn't really an option, with Kevin and Terry not being options anymore and Michael being out of the country. When it was just him and Anthony, they tended to either get morose or go watch really stupid Muggle films. That didn't really count as man time.