This is nasty - but no surprise!
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>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... This is a true story reported on CNN.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>2) 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) To All:
> > >>>>>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 envelops 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 I use a glue
> > >>>>>stick to seal one that has the type of glue that needs
> > >>>>>to be wet to stick.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>PLEASE PASS THIS ON, if you like, TO YOUR FRIENDS.
> > >>>>>After reading this you will never lick another
> > >>>>>envelope or stamp ever again.