PENMART01 wrote:

> I doubt that I will ever lick another envelope...
>
> I work in a factory and we have 2 employees who used to work in
> an envelope factory. They told me that when the machine jams up,
> they use whatever water is handy to thin out the glue. This includes
> water that they just mopped the floor with. Since then, I've avoided
> licking envelopes...
>
> 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. Itwas warm and moist...
>
> This is a true story reported on CNN.
>
>
> 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!"
>
> 3.) 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 envelopes 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, use a
> glue stick to seal one that has the type of glue that needs to be
> wet to stick.
>
> After reading this you will probably never lick another
> envelope or stamp ever again.
>
>
>
>
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This legend started circulating on the internet about 4 years ago. It's
a variatin of a fast-food urban legend. See
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/tacobell.htm