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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. ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- ********* "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." Sheldon ```````````` |
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>After reading this you will probably never lick another >envelope or stamp ever again. > Thanks, I will add that to my list of things I don't lick. Rosie |
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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 |
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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. |
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On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:55:27 -0500, 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 There was a rumor all my growing up life that if you cut yourself on coral, in the ocean, that coral would grow inside your skin, so we were always very careful to really rinse that coral cut. Well of course it was not true and was only made barely plausible to youngsters because coral cuts got very infected so the site would swell and fester. Coral is made up of many little tiny animals and they cause nasty infections. I doubt that anything, except for human cells, can grow in a human. aloha, skeptical Thunder smithfarms.com Farmers of 100% Kona Coffee & other Great Stuff |
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previously in rfc, smithfarms pure kona > wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:55:27 -0500, 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 > > There was a rumor all my growing up life that if you cut yourself on > coral, in the ocean, that coral would grow inside your skin, so we > were always very careful to really rinse that coral cut. Well of > course it was not true and was only made barely plausible to > youngsters because coral cuts got very infected so the site would > swell and fester. Coral is made up of many little tiny animals and > they cause nasty infections. > > I doubt that anything, except for human cells, can grow in a human. > aloha, > skeptical Thunder Maggots can. Well, I don't know if IN is the right word. They can grow on and I suppose to some extent burrow under infected moist dying skin. I've not seen it first hand on a human but I have seen them on a dog. Nasty. -Claudia |
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On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:30:10 GMT, CJB > wrote:
>previously in rfc, smithfarms pure kona > wrote: > >> On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:55:27 -0500, 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 > >> >> I doubt that anything, except for human cells, can grow in a human. >> aloha, >> skeptical Thunder > > >Maggots can. Well, I don't know if IN is the right word. They can grow on >and I suppose to some extent burrow under infected moist dying skin. I've >not seen it first hand on a human but I have seen them on a dog. Nasty. > >-Claudia Yes, I think that can happen too but they are living on the surface where they can get air. aloha thunder dog smithfarms.com Farmers of 100% Kona Coffee & other Great Stuff |
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"smithfarms pure kona" > wrote in message
... > On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:30:10 GMT, CJB > wrote: > > >previously in rfc, smithfarms pure kona > > wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:55:27 -0500, 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 > > > >> > >> I doubt that anything, except for human cells, can grow in a human. > >> aloha, > >> skeptical Thunder > > > > > >Maggots can. Well, I don't know if IN is the right word. They can > grow on > >and I suppose to some extent burrow under infected moist dying skin. > I've > >not seen it first hand on a human but I have seen them on a dog. > Nasty. > > > >-Claudia > > Yes, I think that can happen too but they are living on the surface > where they can get air. > There are many critters that can live inside the human body - aside from the obvious bacteria. Lots of intestinal and other parasites, for example. Trichinella (causes trichinosis) is another. -- Peter Aitken Remove the crap from my email address before using. |
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"smithfarms pure kona" > wrote in message
... > On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:30:10 GMT, CJB > wrote: > > >previously in rfc, smithfarms pure kona > > wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:55:27 -0500, 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 > > > >> > >> I doubt that anything, except for human cells, can grow in a human. > >> aloha, > >> skeptical Thunder > > > > > >Maggots can. Well, I don't know if IN is the right word. They can > grow on > >and I suppose to some extent burrow under infected moist dying skin. > I've > >not seen it first hand on a human but I have seen them on a dog. > Nasty. > > > >-Claudia > > Yes, I think that can happen too but they are living on the surface > where they can get air. > There are many critters that can live inside the human body - aside from the obvious bacteria. Lots of intestinal and other parasites, for example. Trichinella (causes trichinosis) is another. -- Peter Aitken Remove the crap from my email address before using. |
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On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:30:10 GMT, CJB > wrote:
>previously in rfc, smithfarms pure kona > wrote: > >> On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:55:27 -0500, 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 > >> >> I doubt that anything, except for human cells, can grow in a human. >> aloha, >> skeptical Thunder > > >Maggots can. Well, I don't know if IN is the right word. They can grow on >and I suppose to some extent burrow under infected moist dying skin. I've >not seen it first hand on a human but I have seen them on a dog. Nasty. > >-Claudia Yes, I think that can happen too but they are living on the surface where they can get air. aloha thunder dog smithfarms.com Farmers of 100% Kona Coffee & other Great Stuff |
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previously in rfc, smithfarms pure kona > wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:55:27 -0500, 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 > > There was a rumor all my growing up life that if you cut yourself on > coral, in the ocean, that coral would grow inside your skin, so we > were always very careful to really rinse that coral cut. Well of > course it was not true and was only made barely plausible to > youngsters because coral cuts got very infected so the site would > swell and fester. Coral is made up of many little tiny animals and > they cause nasty infections. > > I doubt that anything, except for human cells, can grow in a human. > aloha, > skeptical Thunder Maggots can. Well, I don't know if IN is the right word. They can grow on and I suppose to some extent burrow under infected moist dying skin. I've not seen it first hand on a human but I have seen them on a dog. Nasty. -Claudia |
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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. |
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On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:55:27 -0500, 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 There was a rumor all my growing up life that if you cut yourself on coral, in the ocean, that coral would grow inside your skin, so we were always very careful to really rinse that coral cut. Well of course it was not true and was only made barely plausible to youngsters because coral cuts got very infected so the site would swell and fester. Coral is made up of many little tiny animals and they cause nasty infections. I doubt that anything, except for human cells, can grow in a human. aloha, skeptical Thunder smithfarms.com Farmers of 100% Kona Coffee & other Great Stuff |
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On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:55:27 -0500, 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 There was a rumor all my growing up life that if you cut yourself on coral, in the ocean, that coral would grow inside your skin, so we were always very careful to really rinse that coral cut. Well of course it was not true and was only made barely plausible to youngsters because coral cuts got very infected so the site would swell and fester. Coral is made up of many little tiny animals and they cause nasty infections. I doubt that anything, except for human cells, can grow in a human. aloha, skeptical Thunder smithfarms.com Farmers of 100% Kona Coffee & other Great Stuff |
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"PENMART01" > wrote in message ... > 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. > > > > > ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- > ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- > ********* > "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." > Sheldon > This was taken from the urban legends site www.snopes.com almost word for word. Go to the site and search "envelopes" and read about this version and several other versions. Jim |
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PENMART01 wrote:
> I doubt that I will ever lick another envelope... > Here's the *real* story: http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/tacobell.htm . It's a lame *******ization of the famous "Taco Bell" roach story, and isn't even remotely true. That means you're either a troll, dumb enough to believe the story in the first place, or too lazy to check your facts before posting where the world would read it. Either way, welcome to my killfile. H. |
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HardwareLust wrote:
> PENMART01 wrote: > >>I doubt that I will ever lick another envelope... >> > > > Here's the *real* story: http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/tacobell.htm . > It's a lame *******ization of the famous "Taco Bell" roach story, and isn't > even remotely true. > > That means you're either a troll, dumb enough to believe the story in the > first place, or too lazy to check your facts before posting where the world > would read it. > > Either way, welcome to my killfile. > > H. With all the *great* reasons to killfile Sheldon, you picked something this trivial and stupid? What a lamer! Killfile me too while you're at it. -Bob |
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zxcvbob wrote:
> HardwareLust wrote: >> PENMART01 wrote: >> >>> I doubt that I will ever lick another envelope... >>> >> >> >> Here's the *real* story: >> http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/tacobell.htm . It's a lame >> *******ization of the famous "Taco Bell" roach story, and isn't even >> remotely true. >> >> That means you're either a troll, dumb enough to believe the story >> in the first place, or too lazy to check your facts before posting >> where the world would read it. >> >> Either way, welcome to my killfile. >> >> H. > > > With all the *great* reasons to killfile Sheldon, you picked something > this trivial and stupid? What a lamer! > > Killfile me too while you're at it. > > -Bob I thought I already did. Guess I'll make sure this time. One last thought: Nothing is worse than perpetrating bogus stories masquerading as 'facts'. Usenet, the cooking newsgroups in particular, is rather succeptable to these kinds of stories. Because Sheldon, who's a moron, choose to post this kind of dreck, a great many people are now walking around thinking that their toungues are going to be infested with roaches if they lick an envelope. That kind of reckless, idiotic posting doesn't belong here or anywhere else, except perhaps in a group for jokes. Enjoy your time in my killfile, asshole. Regards, H. |
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zxcvbob wrote:
> HardwareLust wrote: >> PENMART01 wrote: >> >>> I doubt that I will ever lick another envelope... >>> >> >> >> Here's the *real* story: >> http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/tacobell.htm . It's a lame >> *******ization of the famous "Taco Bell" roach story, and isn't even >> remotely true. >> >> That means you're either a troll, dumb enough to believe the story >> in the first place, or too lazy to check your facts before posting >> where the world would read it. >> >> Either way, welcome to my killfile. >> >> H. > > > With all the *great* reasons to killfile Sheldon, you picked something > this trivial and stupid? What a lamer! > > Killfile me too while you're at it. > > -Bob I thought I already did. Guess I'll make sure this time. One last thought: Nothing is worse than perpetrating bogus stories masquerading as 'facts'. Usenet, the cooking newsgroups in particular, is rather succeptable to these kinds of stories. Because Sheldon, who's a moron, choose to post this kind of dreck, a great many people are now walking around thinking that their toungues are going to be infested with roaches if they lick an envelope. That kind of reckless, idiotic posting doesn't belong here or anywhere else, except perhaps in a group for jokes. Enjoy your time in my killfile, asshole. Regards, H. |
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zxcvbob wrote:
> HardwareLust wrote: >> PENMART01 wrote: >> >>> I doubt that I will ever lick another envelope... >>> >> >> >> Here's the *real* story: >> http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/tacobell.htm . It's a lame >> *******ization of the famous "Taco Bell" roach story, and isn't even >> remotely true. >> >> That means you're either a troll, dumb enough to believe the story >> in the first place, or too lazy to check your facts before posting >> where the world would read it. >> >> Either way, welcome to my killfile. >> >> H. > > > With all the *great* reasons to killfile Sheldon, you picked something > this trivial and stupid? What a lamer! > > Killfile me too while you're at it. > > -Bob I thought I already did. Guess I'll make sure this time. One last thought: Nothing is worse than perpetrating bogus stories masquerading as 'facts'. Usenet, the cooking newsgroups in particular, is rather succeptable to these kinds of stories. Because Sheldon, who's a moron, choose to post this kind of dreck, a great many people are now walking around thinking that their toungues are going to be infested with roaches if they lick an envelope. That kind of reckless, idiotic posting doesn't belong here or anywhere else, except perhaps in a group for jokes. Enjoy your time in my killfile, asshole. Regards, H. |
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zxcvbob wrote:
> HardwareLust wrote: >> PENMART01 wrote: >> >>> I doubt that I will ever lick another envelope... >>> >> >> >> Here's the *real* story: >> http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/tacobell.htm . It's a lame >> *******ization of the famous "Taco Bell" roach story, and isn't even >> remotely true. >> >> That means you're either a troll, dumb enough to believe the story >> in the first place, or too lazy to check your facts before posting >> where the world would read it. >> >> Either way, welcome to my killfile. >> >> H. > > > With all the *great* reasons to killfile Sheldon, you picked something > this trivial and stupid? What a lamer! > > Killfile me too while you're at it. > > -Bob I thought I already did. Guess I'll make sure this time. One last thought: Nothing is worse than perpetrating bogus stories masquerading as 'facts'. Usenet, the cooking newsgroups in particular, is rather succeptable to these kinds of stories. Because Sheldon, who's a moron, choose to post this kind of dreck, a great many people are now walking around thinking that their toungues are going to be infested with roaches if they lick an envelope. That kind of reckless, idiotic posting doesn't belong here or anywhere else, except perhaps in a group for jokes. Enjoy your time in my killfile, asshole. Regards, H. |
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zxcvbob wrote:
> HardwareLust wrote: >> PENMART01 wrote: >> >>> I doubt that I will ever lick another envelope... >>> >> >> >> Here's the *real* story: >> http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/tacobell.htm . It's a lame >> *******ization of the famous "Taco Bell" roach story, and isn't even >> remotely true. >> >> That means you're either a troll, dumb enough to believe the story >> in the first place, or too lazy to check your facts before posting >> where the world would read it. >> >> Either way, welcome to my killfile. >> >> H. > > > With all the *great* reasons to killfile Sheldon, you picked something > this trivial and stupid? What a lamer! > > Killfile me too while you're at it. > > -Bob I thought I already did. Guess I'll make sure this time. One last thought: Nothing is worse than perpetrating bogus stories masquerading as 'facts'. Usenet, the cooking newsgroups in particular, is rather succeptable to these kinds of stories. Because Sheldon, who's a moron, choose to post this kind of dreck, a great many people are now walking around thinking that their toungues are going to be infested with roaches if they lick an envelope. That kind of reckless, idiotic posting doesn't belong here or anywhere else, except perhaps in a group for jokes. Enjoy your time in my killfile, asshole. Regards, H. |
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HardwareLust wrote:
> PENMART01 wrote: > >>I doubt that I will ever lick another envelope... >> > > > Here's the *real* story: http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/tacobell.htm . > It's a lame *******ization of the famous "Taco Bell" roach story, and isn't > even remotely true. > > That means you're either a troll, dumb enough to believe the story in the > first place, or too lazy to check your facts before posting where the world > would read it. > > Either way, welcome to my killfile. > > H. With all the *great* reasons to killfile Sheldon, you picked something this trivial and stupid? What a lamer! Killfile me too while you're at it. -Bob |
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HardwareLust wrote:
> PENMART01 wrote: > >>I doubt that I will ever lick another envelope... >> > > > Here's the *real* story: http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/tacobell.htm . > It's a lame *******ization of the famous "Taco Bell" roach story, and isn't > even remotely true. > > That means you're either a troll, dumb enough to believe the story in the > first place, or too lazy to check your facts before posting where the world > would read it. > > Either way, welcome to my killfile. > > H. With all the *great* reasons to killfile Sheldon, you picked something this trivial and stupid? What a lamer! Killfile me too while you're at it. -Bob |
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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. > > > > > ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- > ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- > ********* > "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." > Sheldon > ```````````` 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 |
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On the Discovery Channel's special Parasites and Humans they were
talking about that case of cockroach eggs on envelope glue. It did happen. Couldn't watch all 2 hour special it turned my stomach. |
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ms. tonya wrote:
> On the Discovery Channel's special Parasites and Humans they were > talking about that case of cockroach eggs on envelope glue. > It did happen. > Couldn't watch all 2 hour special it turned my stomach. > I don't think that's possible as it's among the 'Urban Legends' files: http://urbanlegends.about.com/librar.../aa040300b.htm |
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"MaryMind" > wrote in message
... > ms. tonya wrote: > > > On the Discovery Channel's special Parasites and Humans they were > > talking about that case of cockroach eggs on envelope glue. > > It did happen. > > Couldn't watch all 2 hour special it turned my stomach. > > > > I don't think that's possible as it's among the 'Urban Legends' files: > > http://urbanlegends.about.com/librar.../aa040300b.htm If you would bother to read the urban legends site you would see that the legend is about cockroaches hatching in peoples' tongues and the like and not about roaches eating glue. I have seen roaches eating envelope glue so it certainly can happen, although I do not know about the eggs. -- Peter Aitken Remove the crap from my email address before using. |
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"MaryMind" > wrote in message
... > ms. tonya wrote: > > > On the Discovery Channel's special Parasites and Humans they were > > talking about that case of cockroach eggs on envelope glue. > > It did happen. > > Couldn't watch all 2 hour special it turned my stomach. > > > > I don't think that's possible as it's among the 'Urban Legends' files: > > http://urbanlegends.about.com/librar.../aa040300b.htm If you would bother to read the urban legends site you would see that the legend is about cockroaches hatching in peoples' tongues and the like and not about roaches eating glue. I have seen roaches eating envelope glue so it certainly can happen, although I do not know about the eggs. -- Peter Aitken Remove the crap from my email address before using. |
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"MaryMind" > wrote in message
... > ms. tonya wrote: > > > On the Discovery Channel's special Parasites and Humans they were > > talking about that case of cockroach eggs on envelope glue. > > It did happen. > > Couldn't watch all 2 hour special it turned my stomach. > > > > I don't think that's possible as it's among the 'Urban Legends' files: > > http://urbanlegends.about.com/librar.../aa040300b.htm If you would bother to read the urban legends site you would see that the legend is about cockroaches hatching in peoples' tongues and the like and not about roaches eating glue. I have seen roaches eating envelope glue so it certainly can happen, although I do not know about the eggs. -- Peter Aitken Remove the crap from my email address before using. |
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ms. tonya wrote:
> On the Discovery Channel's special Parasites and Humans they were > talking about that case of cockroach eggs on envelope glue. > It did happen. > Couldn't watch all 2 hour special it turned my stomach. > I don't think that's possible as it's among the 'Urban Legends' files: http://urbanlegends.about.com/librar.../aa040300b.htm |
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>After reading this you will probably never lick another >envelope or stamp ever again. > Thanks, I will add that to my list of things I don't lick. Rosie |
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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 |
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"PENMART01" > wrote in message ... > 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. > > > > > ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- > ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- > ********* > "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." > Sheldon > This was taken from the urban legends site www.snopes.com almost word for word. Go to the site and search "envelopes" and read about this version and several other versions. Jim |
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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. > > > > > ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- > ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- > ********* > "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." > Sheldon > ```````````` 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 |
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PENMART01 wrote:
> I doubt that I will ever lick another envelope... > Here's the *real* story: http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/tacobell.htm . It's a lame *******ization of the famous "Taco Bell" roach story, and isn't even remotely true. That means you're either a troll, dumb enough to believe the story in the first place, or too lazy to check your facts before posting where the world would read it. Either way, welcome to my killfile. H. |
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