Well, I’m one of those fortunate people who like my job, sir. Got my first chemistry set when I was seven, blew my eyebrows off, we never saw the cat again, been into it ever since.

Stanley describes loving his job by way of a darkly funny origin story: a childhood chemistry set, singed eyebrows, and a vanished cat. The joke is how cheerfully he passes over the damage, as if a disastrous start proves how deeply he was hooked on the work.

Context reviewed 20 September 2026