
Picard: Before I allow you to pass through the threshold onto the bridge, you must answer for me a riddle for the ages - What has -
Wesley: It's Man.
Picard: You haven't even heard the question! What has four -
Wesley: Yeah yeah, the riddle of the Sphinx, I believe I read that one in Oedipus or something. What has four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon and three in the evening? It's Man, right? Or - maybe I should say One, here? Is that de rigueur now?
Picard: THAT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE TO WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK! And I run the French idiom racket on this ship.
Wesley: Oh, sorry. Please, continue.
Picard: WHAT HAS FOUR LIGHTS IN THE MORNING, UH - OH SCREW IT I need points with Beverly anyway. Number One, a smoking jacket for the boy.
Riker: Two sizes too small sir?
Picard: That is...de rigueur here.