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Envelopes
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... 1. ) 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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http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/tacobell.htm debunks the envelope/roach
eggs story (from which part of this was copied verbatim). But then, all of us who watch Seinfeld already know about all the harm that can come from licking bad envelopes anyway! Sally |
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Buy envelopes from France, Belgium, Germany or Spain.
PENMART01 schreef in berichtnieuws ... 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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