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Nick
08-06-2004, 09:24 AM
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 cockroach 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.

Taurus
08-06-2004, 09:29 AM
oh my thats totally discusting.. And i thought the happy tree friends-phobia of licking envelopes was already dangerous enough...

Drusillus
08-06-2004, 09:38 AM
Not true.

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/tacobell.htm

:roll:

Pain Killer
08-06-2004, 10:23 AM
Only in US :lol:

Cary
08-06-2004, 10:30 AM
Not true.

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/tacobell.htm

:roll:
You mean that everything you read in email, on the internet, in the news and in the movies isn't true? I'm shocked! :roll:
That's it, d*mmit! I'm returning my Reach toothbrush.

ktriton
08-06-2004, 10:42 AM
Actually, I agree with Drusillus. This story was one of the urban legends we studied in my Folklore and Folklife class. Can you give us a link to the CNN article? I'd break out laughing if it was real.

lighthouse
08-06-2004, 11:44 AM
That's it, d*mmit! I'm returning my Reach toothbrush.


LOL


Juan Pablo

Ael
08-06-2004, 11:58 AM
HAHAHAHA!

Drusillus
08-06-2004, 12:13 PM
You mean that everything you read in email, on the internet, in the news and in the movies isn't true? I'm shocked! :roll:
That's it, d*mmit! I'm returning my Reach toothbrush.

No comparison! I didn't get that info from the Internet, I told you, I got it from a guy who knows a guy who lives across the street from the sister of the guy who runs the Latvian Dream Theater Fan Club!

LOL

Over The Edge
08-06-2004, 12:31 PM
God bless the internet.


God bless the amazing Reach toothbrush.




FL
www.franklucas.net

Kirby
08-07-2004, 05:09 AM
Cockroaches deposit their eggs in a big "capsule", so it's impossible to get single eggs into your mouth ;)

I watch a lot of animal documentaries, you learn a lot there :)

ChrisMcCoy
08-10-2004, 09:32 AM
Another fantastic Urban Legend !!! :D