Although he's dying to ask, what, clipboards?, Xellos manages to give him a lip-curling smile instead, and a, "Yes. Those tubers you like are particularly known for it. They're grubbed up from the dirt after being nourished by passing worms. And do you know where butter comes from?"
Thinking that the loud 'oops' sort of... makes the covert look completely pointless, Xel wordlessly snatches the sequined hat away and replaces it with the broken-crockery one.
In that case, are the gods of comedy all busy retching? :D