Accrington Web - 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!