What do you say?

So, today someone asked me, "Tell me about Tom." (not the real name). What do you say to that? My reply (after a blank look and a long "durrrrr") was "Well, what do you mean? In what way?" Basically, I think the person was trying to figure out whether or not Tom was single, but how do you ever answer that question? "Well, Tom is a hemophiliac racist." What? Is there really any way to reply that doesn't sound stupid?