I'm Offering This On A Need To Know Basis.

O.k. We all get those e-mails that say you're going to explode if you read this and don't send it to 47 people in the next 2 minutes. And whatever. I'm still here.

But y'all know my fear of the cockroach. We go back. In fact, (ironically as I am typing), I am hearing a scurrying to my right. which all signs point to as cockroach. Thank you, Murphy. Your law does rule with an iron fist, again.

Anyhoo. I'm gonna type real fast to get up out of here and have Sebastian investigate the scurry. Though, I don't think cockroaches scurry at all. They stealth their way into your room and then act all ninja like you can't see them when you turn the lights on.

Hey, roach. Just because you're not moving doesn't mean that I think that you don't exist.

Read on if you lick your envelopes. Or don't. Just know I'm talking about cockroaches and your licking of envelopes. Your curiosity should be peaked.

Here is the e-mail I got. And if whoever sent it was doing it as a joke to scare me then guess what. Job well done.

CAUTIONOne day a girl 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 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 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.

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!" I used to work for a print shop (32 years ago) and we were told NEVER to lick the envelopes. I never understood why until I had to go into storage and pull out 2500 envelopes that were already printed and saw several squads of cockroaches roaming around inside a couple of boxes with eggs everywhere. They eat the glue on the envelopes.