"You will do me the kindness of not putting me in that position again, please," he sighs. "I was referring to the fallacy of underestimating the female of the species generally. Not to mention 'Old age and experience will trump youth and enthusiasm' every time. You of all people should feel the truth of that."
"We could probably get spirit gum," he says brightly. "And transfiguring putty would be easy. You could charm yourself a moustache like Slughorn's and put on a Durmstrang accent. And square-toed shoes."