Fish Massage!?

Bangkok has more massage parlors than any city on earth. The sheer number and variety of massage parlors in Bangkok has to be seen to be believed. Indeed, it's a running debate whether there are more tailors or massage parlors in Bangkok. The other day on Khao San, I even spotted a streetside open-air massage parlor where you could get massaged while legions of half-drunk backpackers wandered by you smoking and ogling you. In fact, I thought I had seen it all until I found this "Fish Massage" place on Khao San. I thought it was a joke, but I walked inside and I saw a fish tank filled with little fish and comfortable seats for you to sit on while the fish gnawed at your feet. Being a natural entrepreneur, this Fish Massage place got me thinking of other possibilities: how about a ferret massage parlor? Or a komoodo dragon massage parlor? Frankly, I'm pretty sure this whole Fish Massage got its start on some Japanese "gaman taikai" TV show. Of course, in that case, they'd probably have used half-starved piranas.