So, err, where do you live?

Fulham.

Oh, that's nice. I lived there for a while, full of flicky-haired women tossing their manes.

What about you? Where do you live?

Oh, east London. Yeah, never thought I'd live east, but well, whaddya know. So, err, what do you do?

Move straight to nitty gritty, bypass pleasantries.