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	From:  Karen D McIlvoy                           12/20/2000 02:20 PM
	

To: merenolan@mediaone.net
cc:  (bcc: Andrea Ring/HOU/ECT)
Subject: ughhh!!! don't lick that envelope





Yikes!
>
> 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, 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 roach 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
>
>