On a Sunday afternoon, he will corner anyone he finds in the living room, whip out a copy of the Financial Times (sometimes two) and graphically detail the past week's financial turbulence - with a focus on jargon, acronyms and bar graphs.

The longer he can get his victim to pretend they know what he's talking about, the more points he gets.

Also: He gets paid in dollars, so on occasion the last couple of weeks, he's got paid for doing nothing.

Just thought you guys should know what's happening to me here.