PENMART01 wrote:
> If you lick your envelopes ... You won't anymore!!! 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 crawled 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...

Impossible. Have you ever seen cockroach eggs? They are much larger
than you might expect.

>
> This is a true story reported on CNN.

Well, with a citation like that, I guess it *must* be true. (if you
believe this story, I've got a cookie recipe for sale...)

Bob