— What happened to your chinchilla Stanley?

Tom: All these questions about my chinchilla, I was 5 years old, I dunno - he died. Of old age, I mean, we certainly didn’t treat him badly, it wasn’t animal cruelty or anything, if that’s what this person is insinuating. But no, it was random, my parents always had a chinchilla and I always thought it was a normal house pet to have, but now I’ve realized that having a chinchilla in your house is pretty rare. Um, it was soft though. It was very soft. Someone asked me once to describe it and all I could say is that it was a very very posh rat. Cause it is kind of a rat, but it has a lovely coat on.