"Traded in Jeff?
Not bad but I suspect Jeff is more financially sound."

"Roger Clark," he added, addressing the man beside me.

"Gunter," the man responded.
He stood formally in the polite European manner.
"What kind of work do you do?"

"If it is any of your business young man,
I'm a semiconductor industry analyst."

"I meant art -- that is I thought you were an artist."

"More to the point since you are with my niece, what exactly is it that you do?"