warning--this is yucky-- Run away from envelopes!

I received this in an e-mail today. I haven't attempted yet to verify the truth of this information. If true I'm certainly going to alter my mailing habits.

Subject: Run away from envolopes!

Eeyoo!! Gross! But taught this licker a lesson I won't ever forget
Never again!! C



http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/tacobell.asp

Why You Shouldn't Lick Envelopes (this is not a joke)

Subject: Why You Shouldn't Lick Envelopes

What you don't know, wont 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).
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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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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 th ink 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.