Tierney told me that Goldfish only have a 30-second memory. She had a bunch of fish once, Purdy & Pongo were two of her favorites. A guy named William decided his fish need some decoration so he pierced his fish's lip and put a gold ring in it. The fish seemed unaffected. He ate normally, and the piercing did not weigh him down. That's good because he might have drowned. The fish eventually died, but it had nothing to do with his piercing. William let the water temperature get too warm and Fish-Lip croaked. When his friends gave him grief about the lip ring, Bill said that fisherman use lures and hooks all the time. I'm not sure I understand his analogy, but to each his own. This isn't the fish, it's a photo that Taylor took in the aquarium this weekend.
