  Made a Japanese pact with someone this afternoon that we would share all of our problems with each other. As I was receiving the translation of the pact into English, there was a pause following the phrase, "If you do not share your problems with me, you must swallow one thousand..." I immediately blurted out, "What!? Goldfish!? " which was received with hysterical laughter. The pact was one thousand "needles. " Am I sick for thinking immediately of goldfish? Where on earth did that come from? More to come... 
