I find it's exactly as jennihul put it, it's the new sparring. They throw up awkward questions to see where you fit in the social pecking order. Just an extension of high school really and those people generally only populate the lower echelons of the workforce, they don't have the maturity to climb the ladder. Give it time, soon the only question you'll be getting from people like that is asking how you take your coffee.
On a personal note, those probing questions used to get a reply from me as far out of left field as possible. really dumb, corny responses that leave no room for response other than a laugh. Anything else leaves them looking nasty and petty in front of their peers.
The most recent question like this I have been asked was what I was doing at work late at night (I often work late and disturb the late shift in the factory) I said that there was stuff needed doing so some smarty pipes up and suggests I was bringing girls back. I told him that I didn't need to bring girls back as we had five girls and a monkey locked in the boardroom and it was my night to feed them, which was fine until some nut gave the lactose intolerant monkey some cheese... that was a mess.
There was nowhere for him to go after that, he could either laugh it off or go after me and look nasty in front of his friends.
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