Version #1
"Subject: Licking Envelopes
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.
(Supposedly)
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. "
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Version #2
TRUE Rumor: HEY! HOW ABOUT TACO BELL
This girl was really in a hurry one day so she just
stopped off at a Taco Bell and got a Chicken soft taco and ate it on the
way home. That night she noticed her jaw was kind of tight and swollen.
The next day it was a little worse so she went to her doctor. He said
she just had an allergic reaction to something and gave her some cream
to rub on her jaw to help. After a couple of days the swelling had just
gotten worse and she could hardly move her jaw. She went back to her
doctor to see what was wrong. Her doctor had no idea so he started to
run some tests. They scrubbed out the inside of her mouth to get tissue
samples and they also took some saliva samples. Well, they found out
what was wrong. Apparently her chicken soft taco had a pregnant roach in
it, then she ate it—the eggs then some how got into her saliva glands
and well, she was incubating them. They had to remove a couple of layers
of her inner mouth to get all the eggs out. If they hadn’t figured out
what was going on, the eggs would have hatched inside the lining of her
mouth!!!!!!!!!!
She’s suing Taco Bell! Of course. If you need to
find out more about this, it’s in the Nov. 19th NY Times.
If you still want Taco Bell after this one, you’re really brave. PASS
THE WORD AND BE VERY CAREFUL !