3.14159 only 99,994 digits to go

Apparently a Japanese man memorized 100,000 digits of PI which I can confidently say is no easy task :-P

Back in 6th grade I had to memorize 50 digits of PI for my math class. My teacher was an idiot and she used to say "Now if you can memorize 50 random digits of PI you can memorize anything!" She was referring to memorizing volumes, surface areas, and the like of shapes which
1.) Are usually variations of each other
B.) Can be reasoned out

The weird thing is, that I can actually still remember them. At work I spouted them off, with my coworkers thinking I was making it up (which is tough to do, go ahead, spout off 50 digits and try to make it sound memorized). For the more incredulous among them, I dialed up a website with 100 digits, and ripped through 50 making one transposition error.

I am afraid, that 43 digits of PI are preventing me from remembering something else.

I personally don't get it, 3.1416 is good enough for God and engineers.

--Joey