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[RaymondCarver]

I believe I have licked my 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!

I work in a factory and we have 2 employees who used to work in a nenvelope 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... Maybe 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 octor 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!"
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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 he 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.
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our friend, the roach.

Don't let him/her grow in your tongue.

 

[UtadaBarkley]

That's just an internet legend/myth.

 

[Doth Togo]

Urban myth.

 

[hXc_thugg]

I'll lick whatever I want.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

**unzips pants**

 

[Doth Togo]

:lol

 

[RedDwarf]

If something sounds too interesting, always use Snopes.

 

[Willco]

My ex-girlfriend e-mailed me that last week, so I replied, "Don't send me shit ever again!"

... And we never spoke again.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

If I had a nickel for every story I heard about cockroaches laying eggs in a body part.....

 

[whytemyke]

I miss Seinfeld.

 

[jenov4]

I miss Seinfeld.

I thought the same thing. :lol

 

[belgurdo]

I thought the same thing. :lol

me too :lol

 

[marsomega]

If I had a nickel for every story I heard about cockroaches laying eggs in a body part.....

Heard the one about taco bell? :lol

 

[marsomega]

Err umm...nothing to see move along.

 

[etiolate]

PS:

Spoiler

don't stick lobsters up your cunt

 

[Jeffahn]

What's an "envelope"?

...

 

[VictimOfGrief]

PS:

Spoiler

don't stick lobsters up your cunt

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[LakeEarth]

Yeah right. And KFC doesn't use real chicken in their food, we never landed on the moon and JFK wasn't really shot, but slipped through a trap door in his car and is now living as an insurance salesman in Wisconsin. What else is new?

 

[Boogie]

Congratulations, RaymondCarver:

 

[SpoonyBard]

I just love urban legends. I should catch up with the new stuff at snopes.com some day, but the older stories are better than the new ones....

 

[fennec fox]

Dude, this guy showed me how to fold a dollar and then it was like the WTC blowing up!!!! conspiracy!!!!!!!