In the end, my UK travel mate, jc girlfriend and I all went to pierce our ears on our day off. My UK travel mate and I both pierced our left ears, sharing a pair of earrings between us. So the 2 of us have 3 earholes each. My jc girlfriend pierced her first regular pair. We were on a buzz! I think piercing ears is addictive, as long as the number of earholes is a prime number, eg. 2, 3, 5.