How pets brought down a kingpin

Dan Schreiber, James Harkin, Anna Ptaszynski and Andrew Hunter Murray from 'No Such Thing as a Fish' discuss a creature crime capture.

GUESTS:

HOST: Tom Scott.
QUESTION PRODUCER: David Bodycombe.

EDITED BY: Julie Hassett at the Podcast Studios, Dublin.
GRAPHICS: Chris Hanel at Support Class. Assistant: Dillon Pentz.
FORMAT: Pad 26 Limited/Labyrinth Games Ltd.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: David Bodycombe and Tom Scott.

[namenamename]

The only thing I can think of when I hear "Chinchilla" is a prize on one episode of Citation Needed, the "Chinchilla chin chiller"

[benford]

Tom: I've never heard of chinchilla being used as a euphemism for anything
Me: *just the phrase "chinchilla chin chiller" going around my head*

[RFC]

I believe the full quote is "I'm a boxing chinchilla, I'm the cutest little killa. I don't just float and sting, I dodge like a drosophila."

[hendrikrasmus]

I was so expecting the answer to relate to chinchillas bathing in fine powder.

[SpaghettiEnterprises]

First time seeing the No Such Thing As A Fish crew on video. I was so perplexed at first, because the voices were so familiar but entirely out of context. It took my brain a few seconds to actually catch up and read the names and process. Happy to see the collab with Tom Scott!

[davidmcgill]

I would've went with a dozen chinchillas covered in "dust" brought to a veterinarian and being found out.

[MARVINMotorSport]

I seem to recall it was also the fact a full length chinchilla coat cost about 100k at the time, which sort of also made him stand out.

[Wecoc]

Jesus Christ... For a second I thought the chinchillas were being used as mules 😆

[TXninenine]

My first thought after hearing the clue was “In the movie ‘American Gangster’ wasn’t Frank at that fight wearing that ridiculously large fur coat? Was that Chinchilla?”

[danatronics]

I can't stop thinking "Chinchilla de Vil" about the idea of a chinchilla-fur coat lol

[brookewestonctc]

Frantic change of thumbnail and title in 3... 2...

[darkshoxx]

3:15 oh that pun was VERY well intended you're not fooling us 😆

[johnfahey]

American Gangster, starring Denzel Washington

[dnielbloqg]

Wait, the video is "How _dogs_ brought down a kingpin" with a _chihuahua_ in the thumbnail, but the question talks about a few dozen _chinchillas?_ What even happened here?

[jeffjuice]

so I believe Chinchilla's use dust baths to clean themselves. I thought he had so much coke, that they released a bunch chinchillas and they went towards him for a bath lol

[elisam.r.]

This reminds me of a long-ish movie I watched back in the day. Rest in power, Ruby Dee.

(Also, I did snort at Tom's pun around the 3:14 mark.)

[CheyenneRose]

I love the chinchilla/chihuahua mixup and hope it stays because I definitely thought of a chihuahua when they said chinchilla.

Then I thought, "huh, chinchilla... sure, they are lil pets more commonly now, but they were always used in the past for OH SNAP" and that's how I figured it out... 😂😂

[OhJustSomeRandomGuy]

"And I would have gotten away with it, if it weren't for these meddling, adorable chinchillas..."

[andrewmartin]

Don't dress for the job you have, dress for the job you don't want to be arrested for.

[oldtvnut]

I think this should have been worded "after he attended" rather than "when he attended." Otherwise another great show.