never lick envelopes

@pratew3y (1893)
India
January 2, 2007 1:29am CST
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 found a cut on her tongue. 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 nything. 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 cockroach crawled out!!!!There were cockroach 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 PLEASE PASS THIS ON, TO YOUR FRIENDS. After reading this you will never lick another envelope or stamp again.
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7 responses
@estherlou (5015)
• United States
2 Jan 07
This has been going around in emails for a couple of years. There is a website where you can go to investigate whether something you heard is true or not. It is snopes.com. This link is the page about the roaches in her tongue...there are a couple of the same type story on the same page... http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/tacobell.asp
@pratew3y (1893)
• India
2 Jan 07
well thanks for sharing the information with u
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@brokentia (10389)
• United States
7 Jan 07
Great job esterlou!!! Stop the fear before it starts! :)
@beta_love (451)
• India
9 Jan 07
well thanks for sharing this information
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@maryannemax (12154)
• Sweden
2 Jan 07
is this really a true story? how come did a cockroach grew inside her tongue? kinda impossible. but well, as you say,it's a true story. it's a good warning to people who lick envelopes and stamps. it's not a nice thing to do!
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• United States
8 Jan 07
Yuk, that is so gross. But, I appreciate you sharing that with us. That is a good thing to know.
@babystar1 (4233)
• United States
3 Jan 07
I heard something about a lady went to the store a bought a bra, and when she got home she put it on.Then her boobs stared to get sore, she went to the Dr.he gave her cream to use, but it got worse.She went back and found that she had cockroach inside her boobs.I's about the same thing you just said being warm and moist.So if you buy bras or underwear wash them before you put them on.
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@glenry86 (211)
• Australia
11 Feb 07
wheather is true or just a myth im not licking stamps or envelopes again!
@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
6 Jan 07
That is so gross. Thanks for sharing that and I'm not licking an envelope or a stamp ever again.