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Will see what snopes says about this. Still though, having worked in areas that are some what the same... this stuff is most likly true...ewwwwww


>Lick Envelopes
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>I used to work for an envelope company. Our plant supervisor used to work
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>in the Chicago plant and told us not to lick the envelopes because they
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>would often find dead rats at the bottom of the glue barrel (after
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>thousands of envelopes had been glued and shipped). EEWW!
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>I work in a factory and we have 2 employees who used to work in an envelope
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>factory. They told me that when the machine jams up, they use whatever
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>water is handy to thin out the glue. This includes water that they just
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>mopped the floor with. Since then, I've avoided licking envelopes...
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>If you lick your envelopes... You won't anymore!!! A woman was working in a
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>post office in California. One day she licked the envelopes and postage
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>stamps instead of using a sponge. That very day the lady cut her tongue on
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>the envelope. A week later, she noticed an abnormal swelling of her tongue.
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>She went to the doctor, but they found nothing wrong. Her tongue was not
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>sore or anything. A couple of days later, her tongue started to swell more,
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>and it began to get so sore, that she could not eat.
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>She went back to the hospital, and demanded something be done. The doctor
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>took an x-ray of her tongue and noticed a lump. He prepared her for minor
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>surgery. When the doctor cut her tongue open, a live cockroach crawled
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>out!!!! There were roach eggs on the seal of the envelope. The egg was able
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>to hatch inside of her tongue, because of her saliva. It was warm and
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>moist... This is a true story reported on CNN.
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>Andy Hume wrote: "Hey, I used to work in an envelope factory. You wouldn't
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>believe the things that float around in those gum applicator trays. I
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>haven't licked an envelope for years!"
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>To All: I used to work for a print shop (32 years ago) and we were told
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>NEVER to lick the envelopes. I never understood why until I had to go into
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>storage and pull out 2500 envelops that were already printed for a customer
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>who was doing a mailing and saw several squads of roaches roaming around
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>inside a couple of boxes with eggs everywhere. They eat the glue on the
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>envelopes. I think print shops have a harder time controlling roaches than
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>a restaurant. I always buy the self-sealing type. Or if need be, I use a
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>glue stick to seal one that has the type of glue that needs to be wet to
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>stick.
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>PLEASE PASS THIS ON, if you like TO YOUR FRIENDS. After reading this you
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>will never lick another envelope or stamp ever again.
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Have a nice day, & keep your tongues where they belong