Don't Lick Envelopes

Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 4:14 pm

Got an email from someone I know:

If you lick your envelopes...You won't anymore!!!!
( This is a true story reported on CNN.)

A woman was working in a post office in California.
One day she licked the envelopes and postage stamps
instead of using a sponge.
That very day the lady cut her tongue on the envelope.
A week later, she noticed an abnormal swelling of her
tongue. She went to the doctor, and they found nothing
wrong. Her tongue was not sore or anything.
A couple of days later, her tongue started to swell
more, and it began to get really sore, so sore, that
she could not eat. She went back to the hospital, and
demanded something be done.
The doctor took an x-ray of her tongue and noticed a
lump. He prepared her for minor surgery. When the
doctor cut her tongue open, a live cockroach crawle! d
out!!!! There were roach eggs on the seal of the
envelope. The egg was able to hatch inside of her
tongue, because of her saliva. It was warm and
moist.

Other people commented:

Andy Hume wrote:
"Hey, I used to work in an envelope factory. You
wouldn't believe the things that float around in those
gum applicator trays. I haven't licked an envelope for
years!"

To All:
I used to work for a print shop (32 years ago) and we
were told NEVER to lick the envelopes. I never
understood why until I had to go into storage and pull
out 2500 envelops that were already printed for a
customer who was doing a mailing and saw several
squads of roaches roaming around inside a couple of
boxes with eggs everywhere. They eat the glue on the
envelopes. I think print shops have a harder time
controlling roaches ! than a restaurant. I always buy
the self sealing type. Or if need be I use a glue
stick to seal one that has the type of glue that needs
to be wet to stick.

PLEASE PASS THIS ON, if you like, TO YOUR FRIENDS.
After reading this,
you should never lick another envelope or stamp ever again.

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 4:25 pm

I am not licking an envelope anymore!

That reminds me. I just hate when people pronounce envelope with an E sound instead of an O sound at the beginning.

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 8:53 pm

It's not a good idea to lick envelopes, but I find that story a little hard to believe!

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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 8:55 pm

Wren wrote: It's not a good idea to lick envelopes, but I find that story a little hard to believe!

I actually didn't find the story at cnn.com, so I think it may be untrue myself.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 9:37 pm

Yeah might be untrue, as well. Sometimes people make up these things.

Maybe they want everyone to boycott the envelope companies.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 9:46 pm

This does happen to be false I should of did more research before posting it:

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/tacobell.htm

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