To All Envelope Lickers
1... 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...
2... "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... Anonymous:
"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."