Message-ID: <17871341.1075857082400.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 07:01:00 -0800 (PST) From: andrea.ring@enron.com To: michele.winckowski@enron.com Subject: ughhh!!! don't lick that envelope Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Andrea Ring X-To: Michele Winckowski X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Andrea_Ring_Jun2001\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: Ring-A X-FileName: aring.nsf ---------------------- Forwarded by Andrea Ring/HOU/ECT on 12/20/2000 03:00 PM --------------------------- 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 > >