maybe its old story to some.... and it might well be another
urban legend....
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 found a cut on her tongue. 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
cockroach crawled out!!!!
There were cockroach 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!" 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 envelopes that
were already printed and saw several squads of cockroaches roaming
around inside a couple of boxes with eggs everywhere. They eat the
glue on the envelopes.
PLEASE PASS THIS ON, TO YOUR FRIENDS. After reading this you will
never lick another envelope or stamp again
