Licking an Envelope

admin · Mon Jun 06, 2005 - 10:31:17

Licking an Envelope

What you don't know, won't hurt you! But this one it sure is worth knowing...

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... Jane W
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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 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!"
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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 the type of glue that needs to be wet to stick.
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After reading this you will never lick another envelope or stamp ever again.Have a nice day, & keep your tongues where they belong!

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Jimbob · Mon Jun 06, 2005 - 11:01:56

I only buy the "press & seal" envelopes anyway...I've got a "paper-cut-on-the-tongue" phobia...that and glue is gross. :p

boringoldguy · Mon Jun 06, 2005 - 11:25:13

Who remembers poor Susan, George Costanza's intended?
She really had a problem with envelopes.

Jimbob · Mon Jun 06, 2005 - 13:40:00

:) That was my first thought when seeing the thread title.

twd · Mon Jun 06, 2005 - 15:38:58

Nothing like a little urban legend or two to stir things up. See http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/tacobell.asp

Check these things before passing them on. :p

ConnieLard · Wed Jun 08, 2005 - 18:41:05

Gross!!! :goingtopuke:

PEGGY JOYCE · Thu Jun 09, 2005 - 10:41:34

Thanks, twd, so many things go across the e-mails that are totally mde up and someone is sitting back laughing up their sleeves, at the humor in us believing everything we read.
:noworry:

zoonance · Fri Jun 17, 2005 - 18:39:06

Is licking stamps OK? What goes on behind closed doors at the post office.....

spurly · Fri Jun 24, 2005 - 17:22:09

I will lick stamps until the day I die. The self sealing envelopes are a blight on our society. They were created by lazy people for lazy people. Saliva is the correct way to seal an envelope, sponges are for washing dishes.

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