Envelope Licker?

unusuallyconfused

BLUE EYED BABE
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You may change your licking habits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :p
I'll use my tongue only in very special places.

Do you lick the envelope?

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 roach 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
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.
>>From another: 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 !!!!
 
that's just exactly what I needed to read first thing in the morning.



just when i thought I'd opened a safe thread too,,


sheesh :D
 
CW said:
that's just exactly what I needed to read first thing in the morning.



just when i thought I'd opened a safe thread too,,


sheesh :D





Better to have read it in the morning before the potential envelope licking you could have done. :p
 
Eeeewwwwwwwwwwww.

Ok, you made your point.

Now where did the kids hide that glue stick?
 
unusuallyconfused,,,

I know, fore warned and all that,,,



so, with that little thought in mind and realizing the concern and kindness in your heart,,,



I will say thank you, :)









I think,,,











now, where IS that max glue stick? I'll embed all future generations of the gross little fuckers to the envelope in a permament way
 
Fleshmachine said:
UC that was right up there with a Sparky post on the shock value meter.

Good Show!!:eek:

Glad to enertain you, my pleasure. It is a grand day when I can impress you!!!:D
 
And this children, is what we call an urban myth.
 
I had a client many moons ago who manufactured stationery products, including envelopes. No such stories were ever told, and I never saw any roaches around the inventory.

I vote myth, but I'm too lazy to go check the urban myth websites at the moment.
 
AAgghh! Gross...

...you still have to lick your stamps in the US or use those messy litle sponges.

We're now into the peel off stamps in the UK.

**said with smug smile on his face** :-D
 
Re: AAgghh! Gross...

p_p_man said:
...you still have to lick your stamps in the US or use those messy litle sponges.

We're now into the peel off stamps in the UK.

**said with smug smile on his face** :-D

**wiping that smug smile off your face**

Wrong. :p

Stamps have come EITHER way in the U.S. for years. You can get sheets or rolls that are peel off. Now that I think about it, it has been awhile since I've seen a stamp that you have to lick. I'm sure we still have them though.
 
Licking

Personally, I can think of lots of things that are much better to lick than envelopes.....:p


MrB
 
Leave it to you Mr. Bates,

to cum up with a much better idea! ;)
 
<grinz>

Ya think you got somewhere I could use my tongue, Tina?? :p
 
Oh yea!

I have the perfect place for tongues...:D And there is definately no roaches there....lol
 
Perfect

Ahhhhh, I thought so.
That's what I like about you, Tina.....always so willing to help out.

Hmmmmm. Hang on. I'll be right over.
And I'm not bringing any roach spray, either!!
 
Really excited now....

Ooooh I've 'opened up' the pathway for you, Mr. Bates.... Its ready for you to begin whenever you are ready....:p
 
The real reason you don't want to lick envelopes......

ground up dead animal bones..... (well at least I don't)

Bones have been used in everything from glue to the coating on your favorite glossy photos, geletin too!

So, as silly as this all is, there is at least one way to justify using a sponge...


Oh and the minute I read that, two alarms went off in my brain...

Roach larva don't burrow, and saliva is an enzymatic solution that inhibits. Those eggs would have been disolved in a matter of 4 hours.

:)Nice story though. Meant to give the willies, huh?
 
Sheesh G.R.,,, talk about your basic wet blanket







bones on one hand,,,

roaches on the other,,,
 
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