Parasites

Yesterday, I was sitting waiting for a bus, and minding my own business, holding my lunch, which happened to be some delicious sushi. When a seemingly pleasant older woman sat down next to me.

We sat there peacefully, minding our own business for about 7 minutes, when the lady, who had to seemed so kindly when she was quiet says, with some tone of disgust, "Is that sushi you have there?"

I replied "Um, yes..."

She says "Well I studied Parasitology and there is a very high incidence of parasites in Japan, because most people get them from raw fish. You should really think twice about eating that stuff." And then she added really emphatically, so emphatically that she spit on my arm, "Once you have a parasite, you'll NEVER get rid of it, you're STUCK with it forever!"

I said "I guess I'll just have to risk it today."

And then, finally, the bus came.