[Adam]

I was idly thinking today... why don't vegetarians lick envelopes??

Now, I know envelopes used to (and probably still do) use animal fat as part of the sticky stuff. But, what I can't figure is why don't vegetarians lick them. It basically boils down to why vegetarians are vegetarians. I figure people may be vegetarian for three reasons:

1. They are allergic to meat (or something in it).
2. They don't condone killing animals.
3. They just don't like eating meat.

For #1, it's fair enough... they can't lick the envelopes for fear of a reaction/death. For #2 then they've already "killed" the animal (or supported the killing of it) by buying the envelopes so where's the harm in using the device for which it's meant. For #3 it's not meat... it's fat, so where's the problem??

I know some people just don't like the texture/taste of the gum stuff, but that can't account for everyone. I just can't figure out why veggies don't lick envelopes. Fairly random I know, but I'd still like to know

[Stevo_trash]

this may help...


Mrs Beetons Housekeeping Tips Volume 1
To reduce outgoings, why make your own envelopes out of lining paper and use fluids omited from ejaculation as bonding.

hey that mrs beeton, obviously the hot stove isn't the only thing she's been slaving over.

phoaw piow

[timb]

i'm a vegetarian and i have never heard of vegetarians not licking envelopes. i certainly don't buy envelopes with gum made from animal fat. however, if you had some envelopes that you had to use, probably provided to you by your office, and it wasn't vegetarian safe then i certainly would not want to lick it. the idea of meat is pretty disgusting to most vegetarians so the idea of licking it is not exactly appealing. how would you feel about licking a dead babies corpse? if the baby is already dead and you didn't kill it of course

[Adam]

is your worse nightmare - being made to walk into burger king?

[Stevo_trash]

i'd say roll on the BBQ sauce.

[timb]

ummm no. my worst nightmare is being gang raped by big hairy bikers

[Adam]

errm, forget that bbq sauce, mr trash.

stop the cooking of that meat - timb killed the thread and decided to bbq that instead.

burn baby burn

[MK Chris]

timb, you don't smoke, don't eat meat... Do you drink? Do you have fun?

[timb]

i hardly ever drink, i don't consider any of those things you mentioned to be fun.

[Adam]

so - no drugs, sex or rock and roll for timb, then

[timb]

i'm not so ugly i need drink or drugs to get sex and i don't mind a bit of rock and or roll.

[kendra k]

i'm a veg with all rock and roll. and few of the sloppy side effects (does blood count?), and i think i'm still relatively the same fun kendra i was before when i drank and ate meat.

vegetarians who won't lick envelopes they buy are tards, pure and simple. that'd be like going out to the market and buying a big block of cheese, just to look at it and bitch about eating it, or buying a wool scarf and not wearing it, or only wearing it with turtle necks. they're all show, no convictions. the vegans who do this would most likely be the first to say that milk is just liquid meat.

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

i have self-sticking envelopes anyway. anything that saves me any effort.

[Nablo.]

I thought most were these days. All the ones we ever buy seem to be.

[kendra k]

the ones i have are not self licking, though they already have the adhesive moistened... they just don't have tongues.

[timb]

damn posh people with their self-sealing envelopes. you know some of us can't afford these fancy style envelopes. maybe you should think about that before you start flaunting your wealth in front of us all

[Nablo.]

You can buy them really cheap in Woolworths

[kendra k]

i don't use store bought envelopes, i make them with paper stollen from work and snot. if i ever post you something, you should hope that it's just a postcard.

[timb]

you can afford to shop in woolworths?

[Nablo.]

Boy thats cut me deep

[Morals]

How do you know if you have vegetarian envelopes?

[timb]

you can tell by the taste

[kendra k]

actually, most envelopes use a synthetic glue and are therefore vegetarian. i'm sure this is marked on the box. so when you purchase said envelopes, check the box, eh?

[timb]

tbh i don't really buy envelopes

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

check the box. good advice for many things in life... did i dream it or dont they make glue from rhinos?