I love it when, at 41, I hear of something off-beat that I've never heard of before.

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When Sarah told me about the Goldfish Races at <strong><a href="http://www.arcadiatavern.com/" target="_blank">Arcadia Tavern</a></strong> on Thursday nights, I knew that I had to try it.

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I showed up not knowing what to expect, except for the Sweet Potato Tater Tots that Sarah had built up to great culinary heights previously.

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At 9:30, they announced that the Goldfish Races would soon begin.  We were asked to choose a cup with a Goldfish and name it.

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Sarah and Mark named theirs in a heartbeat:  Hermes and Mark Spitz, respectively.

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Although there was initial confusion with the MC who was born in 1984 (I asked) and wrote "Mark Spence".

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I took a good fifteen minutes to