One DUmmy isn't long for the DUworld.
You know, the sparkling old dude, now in his mid-70s and older than his much-younger trophy second wife, is no idiot, even though his early education was retarded by that he preferred to hang around with his, ahem, Italianate playmates in the back alley when he was a child; he had a very successful career in the food service industry.
He understood the answer to this question even before he asked it.
He's just trying to attract attention, nothing more than that.