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 found a cut on her tongue.
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 cockroach 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...
This is supposedly a true story reported on CNNAndy 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!"
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 and saw
several squads of cockroaches roaming around inside a couple of boxes
with eggs everywhere. They eat the glue on the envelopes.
NEVER LICK AN EVELOPE!
by Dansk 21 Replies latest jw friends
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Dansk
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Sad emo
speechless!
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the_end_of_eternity
thanks for the warning.....
but i like living on the edge, so maybe a real someties I will continue to lick......
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Clam
Thanks for sharing Ian
This is supposedly a true story reported on CNN
"Supposedly" is enough to enforce and spread the urban myth, regardless of the fact. Years ago someone told me that in storage warehouses rats will climb over and randomly piss on the stacked crates of beer. I've resisted drinking direct from the can ever since. ;-)
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Dansk
Thanks, Nelly!
I wasn't convinced it was true and I'm truly grateful for the link!
Ian
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nelly136
yw, can lick n stick your crimbo cards worry free now
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whyamihere
Thanks for that nasty story, Ian!
Brookie, just doesn't put her tongue anywhere, unless their fee is reasonably fair...lol
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Dansk
PLEASE SEE NELLY'S POST WITH LINK. THE STORY ISN'T TRUE!!!
Ian
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sweet pea
These things rarely are! :-)
Although my motto in life is - Expect The Unexpected!