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envolope lickers read inside
> > Here's some appetising stories:
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> >
> > 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
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> > 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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> > If you lick your envelopes... You won't anymore!!! A woman was working
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> > 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
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> > 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
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> > 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
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> > story reported on CNN.
> >
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> > I used to work in an envelope factory. You wouldn't believe the
> > thingsthat float around in those gum applicator trays I haven't licked
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> > an envelope for years!"
> >
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> >
> > 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
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> > 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.
> > Have a nice day, & keep your tongues where they belong!
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