U HAVE LICKED UR LAST ENVELOPE
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>I used to work for an envelope company. Our plant supervisor used to
> >>
> >> work in the Chicago plant and told us not to lick the envelopes


> >>because
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> they would often find dead rats at the bottom of the glue barrel
(after
> >> 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 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...
> >>
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> >>
> >> 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, but 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 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 st! ory reported on CNN.
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> >>
> >> 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!"
> >>
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> >>
> >> 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 th! e type of glue that needs
to be
> >> wet to stick.
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> >>
> >> PLEASE PASS THIS ON, if you like TO YOUR FRIENDS. After reading
> >>this you
> >> will never lick another envelope or stamp ever again. Have a nice
day,
> >>&
> >> keep your tongues where they belong!