zxcvbob wrote:
> 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

Just a variant of an old rumor originally targeted at Taco Bell but
the "facts" vary with the story. As with most of these things, it's
not true. http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/tacobell.htm

--
Steve

Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake
when you make it again.