That is good to know and also not to lick the envelopes closed. Someone did that and got a cut on her lip and thought nothing of it until her lip started to swell and she had licked cockroach eggs and one was in her lip.
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That is good to know and also not to lick the envelopes closed. Someone did that and got a cut on her lip and thought nothing of it until her lip started to swell and she had licked cockroach eggs and one was in her lip.
OMG sounds like a horror sci-fi movie.....Originally Posted by nhnative
Check Snopes - this is false.
A quilt is like a good life. It's full of mistakes, but, in the end, it looks pretty good.
LOL. 20 Minutes did a whole show about Snopes. Snopes is two people who decide what is false or true based on internet searches they do. They both said their findings are not researched for real facts and they cannot verify the results themselves. It is mostly their decision if something is false or not. I doubt the cockroach story but my Aunt had a small bug get in her ear and lay eggs. Everyone thought that couldn't happen. If something isn't impossible then it is probable.
Who moistens envelops any more? Buy the self seal ones.
Last edited by Onebyone; 04-30-2014 at 07:24 AM.
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I have to admit that I wondered, but it was posted by Olfa (which I believed to be fairly reliable) and the article is from the guardian, which is considered relatively reliable (although editorially biased) at least according to the sources I checked. I also checked a couple of medical sites and verified that, even if this particular story is false, it is medically possible.
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My son stepped on a large Upholstery needle that fell out of a chair that was refinished. It caused quite a mess, broke in his heel into several pieces. The surgeon was able to remove all the parts but there are still some bone chips in there.
Yikes! That is scary!
Also, don't stick needles in a mattress or the cushion of a couch. When you stand up, they get pulled in and eaten. Our bed has a few needles inside the mattress. I kept thinking I was absent minded and had lost them until I figured out what was happening. LOL Hopefully no one will find one the hard way.
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At a very young age (around 2-3 years old) I swallowed two straight pins. My Mother always sewed and made quilts and I had seen her put pins in her mouth from birth. Fortunately, we were at a very elderly ladies home when it happened and she grabbed me up, carried me into the kitchen, got a biscuit and made me eat it on the way to the hospital. After x-rays, it showed one pin up and one down. The biscuit had formed around the pins and helped them pass without any harm. I was old enough to know and remember the pain when I swallowed them. To this day, when I see someone with pins in their mouth, I just about have a hissy fit! I have even told strangers to please take them out of their mouths as I try to prevent a panic attack. So, I can truly say, I have never put a pin in my mouth since that horrible day. And now to know how nasty they are!
Pin incident, what a reminder.
I do this all the time. I've tried to break myself of the habit but before I know it the pins are back there. Anyone else have that problem or know of a way to kick the pin-in-mouth habit?
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