Chris Philp went to Oxford...

and bought an aquarium

Chris Philp went to Oxford and bought an aquarium, a barometer, a cucumber, a bag of readymix concrete, and your mum and a much-needed atlas, and a xylophone

 

(Let's start a rumour it's his secret hobby. Given it's quirky and inoffensive he won't want to deny it, but then he needs to sort some lessons on the quiet)