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    cirocco: One of my former places of employ kept a saltwater tank with several cleaner shrimp. I always enjoyed putting my hands in the water and letting them ... more »
    KimberleeJean: I once experienced something similar, only with a goat and my hair. more »
    CherriSpryte: I'm really suprised so many of these comments are so negative - I really want to get a fish pedicure .... if I had a spare $50 and the means to get ou... more »
    UrbanAchiever: Finally, *fin* to the finny goings on at fishy foot salons. more »
    applejuice: I don't need no fish, I got myself a nice little cheese grater, uh - I mean "ped-egg", that grosses everybody out just fine thanks. more »
    LazyHippo: I don't know, if it's good enough for hippos . . . more »
    morninggloria: This was a piece of cautionary legislature put in place to prevent the inevitable future rise in popularity of the barracuda bris. more »
    Devonna: Why pay for it? Just go to a freshwater lake with sunfish and those babies will munch away for free. I never called it a pedicure, I called it "summ... more »
    rixatrix: When are women going to learn to stop using parasites for beauty rituals? Leeches, tapeworms, fish pedicures - seriously, when does gross trump pretty? more »
    HarpMadness: Can't we just use that razor-blade egg thing? more »
    whynotshesaid: Has anyone had this done? I am so intrigued by it, in a perverse way. more »
    lilbobbytables: See, I don't want to encourage our fishy friends to develop a taste for man. I read Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, I know what will happen ne... more »
    SaturdaysChild: This is about my worst nightmare EVER. Seriously, thinking about fish nibbling on my feet makes me want to vomit. more »
    Mayonegg: ah yes, something that was discovered in order to eat burn patients delicate dead tissue, and appropriated by expensive salons is of course unsanitary... more »
    inabook: Awwww, but it can totally be done in a sanitary way! and its sort of cool! fish clean your feet and get to snack while doing it! more »
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    Feet First

    Secretary of State Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez has announced plans to ban fish pedicures in New York. She calls the practice - in which carp feed on the dead skin of customers' feet - unsanitary. We call it gross and unnecessary. [NYPost]
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    Was Jeremy Piven Fired, Not Poisoned?

    Though Jeremy Piven claims he had to leave Speed the Plow because he was suffering from mercury poisoning, sources at the Broadway show say he was actually fired for diva-like behavior.