Secondary envelopes - seal by licking or moistening with a sponge?

[ken37]

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I'm unsure whether I should lick my secondary envelopes to seal them, or use a moist sponge. Which one would be more secure, and will the adcoms notice if I don't take the time to personally lick their envelope?

Also, should I take the precaution of reinforcing the seam with tape as well. If so, should I use Scotch invisible (matte finish), or Scotch magic (the shiny one), or perhaps some other kind of tape?

Please help me, as I cannot send off my secondaries until these burning questions are answered!

 

[hnbui]

I'm unsure whether I should lick my secondary envelopes to seal them, or use a moist sponge. Which one would be more secure, and will the adcoms notice if I don't take the time to personally lick their envelope?

Also, should I take the precaution of reinforcing the seam with tape as well. If so, should I use Scotch invisible (matte finish), or Scotch magic (the shiny one), or perhaps some other kind of tape?

Please help me, as I cannot send off my secondaries until these burning questions are answered!

you must be a jocular person. alittle neurotic perhaps.

I seriously doubt that the person who opened your letter would even consider whether you have used your own saliva or water to seal the envelope. Personally i use water since some envelopes have a glue that leaves a nasty after taste.

 

[Ypo.]

Lick, I would definitely go with the personal licking. I know if I were on an adcom I would be very offended if an applicant did not take the time to personally coat the envelope with their saliva. But, scotchtape might be overdoing it.

 

[skiz knot]

Please lick the envelopes. Be sure to enjoy a mixture of peanut butter, chocolate cake and coffee before doing so.

 

[liverotcod]

I have decided to carefully urinate on mine.

 

[velo]

you must be a jocular person. alittle neurotic perhaps.

I seriously doubt that the person who opened your letter would even consider whether you have used your own saliva or water to seal the envelope. Personally i use water since some envelopes have a glue that leaves a nasty after taste.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the OP was being fecicious....probably lampooning the recent "paperclip vs. staples" post....well done OP, quite funny!

 

[NubianPrincess]

Take them to the bathroom and wipe yourself with them. This way, you moisten the envelopes and remove excess drippage from yourself - kills two birds with one stone. However, an accumulation of glue can put a damper on your sex life, so use discretion.

 

[TripleDegree]

Someone delete this asinine *****ic thread please

 

[DrWorkNeverDone]

ooooooooooo make sure that your stamps are lickable too...and make them totally even on the front...this will show how percise you will be in surgery 🙂.

If you are not joking....well...im sorry this is just a silly question 🙂

 

[ken37]

Someone delete this asinine *****ic thread please

I'm so glad that you find my MAJOR trials and tribulations of a Friday afternoon to be both asinine and *****ic. If it was only asinine, or only *****ic, I may have had a little bit of dignity and self respect left, but alas, I now have none, and will be forced to wet my envelopes with my very own tears of shame and sadness.

 

[ken37]

ooooooooooo make sure that your stamps are lickable too...and make them totally even on the front...this will show how percise you will be in surgery 🙂.

If you are not joking....well...im sorry this is just a silly question 🙂

excellent point. Maybe I can precisely trim each little nub of the stamp with an exacto knife as well, so that there are no little tufts of stamp left from the perforation strip.

 

[ken37]

I have decided to carefully urinate on mine.

Heh heh, I like that. You're marking your territory. Should the adcom be composed of dogs and cats, you'll get a big plus from this move.

 

[ken37]

Please lick the envelopes. Be sure to enjoy a mixture of peanut butter, chocolate cake and coffee before doing so.

Darn it, all this time I thought that envelope glue tasted like peanut butter, chocolate cake and coffee. I guess it's because that's what I'm always chewing on while licking envelopes.

 

[DrWorkNeverDone]

lol ken i have this image of you doing this hehehe...hey good luck though with the secondaries 🙂

 

[SticknRudder]

I suggest man-glue.

 

[JMacBCP]

I'm unsure whether I should lick my secondary envelopes to seal them, or use a moist sponge. Which one would be more secure, and will the adcoms notice if I don't take the time to personally lick their envelope?

Also, should I take the precaution of reinforcing the seam with tape as well. If so, should I use Scotch invisible (matte finish), or Scotch magic (the shiny one), or perhaps some other kind of tape?

Please help me, as I cannot send off my secondaries until these burning questions are answered!

I'd personally go with duct tape to seal the envelope. Duct tape does, in fact, hold the world together.

 

[ken37]

I'd personally go with duct tape to seal the envelope. Duct tape does, in fact, hold the world together.

Well shoot, now I have one more option. Mybe I should start a poll?

 

[CalBeE]

I suggest man-glue.

Hey...we're probably talking about 30 or even more secondaries here...what if one has to seal them all in one day? 😉

By the time I get to the fifth one, I'll be totally spent...

 

[adamj61]

I suggest man-glue.

I knew that was comming next...eh, no pun intended.

Duct tape is like the force...it has a light side and a dark side, and holds the world together. 👍

 

[NubianPrincess]

BTW my post was all in good fun. I don't knock anyone for being nervous in this process.

 

[DrThom]

Someone delete this asinine *****ic thread please

Asinine is a funny word.....hehehe

 

[flighterdoc]

I'm unsure whether I should lick my secondary envelopes to seal them, or use a moist sponge. Which one would be more secure, and will the adcoms notice if I don't take the time to personally lick their envelope?

Also, should I take the precaution of reinforcing the seam with tape as well. If so, should I use Scotch invisible (matte finish), or Scotch magic (the shiny one), or perhaps some other kind of tape?

Please help me, as I cannot send off my secondaries until these burning questions are answered!

you must only use the tears of virgin hummingbirds to dampen a 1 cm square of jade green silk, which you will use to moisten the flap of the envelopes, but only in a west-north direction.

 

[ms2209]

I'm so glad that you find my MAJOR trials and tribulations of a Friday afternoon to be both asinine and *****ic. If it was only asinine, or only *****ic, I may have had a little bit of dignity and self respect left, but alas, I now have none, and will be forced to wet my envelopes with my very own tears of shame and sadness.

Too funny!

As for the original question, I went with the self-adhesive envelopes! 😉

 

[velo]

I'm so glad that you find my MAJOR trials and tribulations of a Friday afternoon to be both asinine and *****ic. If it was only asinine, or only *****ic, I may have had a little bit of dignity and self respect left, but alas, I now have none, and will be forced to wet my envelopes with my very own tears of shame and sadness.

great post number 2 in this thread!! ken, you must be butta...'cause you're on a roll!

 

[UCLAstudent]

Boogers.

 

[Rogue_Leader]

You fool- Send it by Fed-Ex. Not only does it make your application look more important, but the fed-ex document envelopes are pre-creased for a perfect fold of the sealing lip, and the lip is already pre-sticky, so you just have to remove the tape and press down. And those fed-ex seals are strong. And you can track the package so you can make sure it arrives at its destination. You get all that for only $15 a package, what a deal!!! 🙂

 

[snapdad]

Adcoms use saliva DNA tests on the envelope to partially determine your suitability for medical school. If you use plain water, the adcoms will know and you'll automatically be rejected. A word to the wise!

 

[velo]

Adcoms use saliva DNA tests on the envelope to partially determine your suitability for medical school. If you use plain water, the adcoms will know and you'll automatically be rejected. A word to the wise!

there's DNA in saliva? fascinating....


ha, got ya on that one! 😉

 

[Rogue_Leader]

Adcoms use saliva DNA tests on the envelope to partially determine your suitability for medical school. If you use plain water, the adcoms will know and you'll automatically be rejected. A word to the wise!

You jest, but it could happen soon. Here's an article where they've developed a method to extract DNA from fingerprints. They say they can get about 10 nanograms of DNA from a fingerprint, and DNA analysis can be done with 5-10 nanograms of DNA, and could even be done with as little as 0.1 nanograms. You gotta imagine that the same thing could be applied epithelial cells that are found in the saliva that you use to seal your envelope. It's not practical quite as yet, as DNA tests take a long time, are expensive, and as yet we haven't been able to make any determinations of a person's intellegence and longevity of a person from a straight DNA analysis; all we can tell at best is if a person might have a pre-disposition to some diseases. But given the advances in DNA technology and understanding, it may be soon, perhaps even in our lifetimes.

http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030730-040600-4102r

 

[ambrosia]

you must only use the tears of virgin hummingbirds to dampen a 1 cm square of jade green silk, which you will use to moisten the flap of the envelopes, but only in a west-north direction.

hahaha, almost made me pee my pants w/ this one....

 

[Cathleen]

how can you seal the envelope if you have yet to debate the merits of handwriting or typing your seconday????

😕

 

[jlee9531]

what i thought would be a lame thread has turned out to be pleasantly amusing. 🙂

 

[jlee9531]

how can you seal the envelope if you have yet to debate the merits of handwriting or typing your seconday????

😕

i have neat writing, so i always handwrote mine. i didnt want to spend hours on a typewriter clicking one letter at a time to ensure i wouldnt mess up.

but unless you have great confidence in your handwriting, go type.

 

[Scrubz67]

how can you seal the envelope if you have yet to debate the merits of handwriting or typing your seconday????

😕

I too have spent many an hour debating this but then it hit me !
I decided that the only way to fit in my 100,000+ life-altering medicine-pursuing events on my secondaries was to use Morse Code. The series of dots and dashes not only show my ability to think outside the box but also show deep care and concern for my ancestors who attempted to communicate while aboard the Titanic.

As for sealing, I personally take each of my envelopes to the sauna and allow the moist condensate to collect on the sealing strip. That way the moisture to body fluid/sweat ratio is perfect and the adcoms will note my care for ALL people's DNA as well as my own.

Hope this helps...

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[Swack]

Adcoms use saliva DNA tests on the envelope to partially determine your suitability for medical school. If you use plain water, the adcoms will know and you'll automatically be rejected. A word to the wise!

Hehe, if this were true I would just get some Nobel Laureate to lick all my envelopes.

 

[principessa]

You jest, but it could happen soon. Here's an article where they've developed a method to extract DNA from fingerprints. They say they can get about 10 nanograms of DNA from a fingerprint, and DNA analysis can be done with 5-10 nanograms of DNA, and could even be done with as little as 0.1 nanograms. You gotta imagine that the same thing could be applied epithelial cells that are found in the saliva that you use to seal your envelope. It's not practical quite as yet, as DNA tests take a long time, are expensive, and as yet we haven't been able to make any determinations of a person's intellegence and longevity of a person from a straight DNA analysis; all we can tell at best is if a person might have a pre-disposition to some diseases. But given the advances in DNA technology and understanding, it may be soon, perhaps even in our lifetimes.

I heard about a case in which a woman kissed the bullets that she used to kill her husband, and they were able to amplify her DNA off the bullets and use that evidence to convict her.

 

[potential]

i hope the op cuts his tongue licking the envelopes. what a hmo.

 

[ken37]

i hope the op cuts his tongue licking the envelopes. what a hmo.

Well, obviously you missed the point of this thread. Given the overwhelming opinion about DNA fingerprinting as well as hummingbird urine, I decided to go with the moist sponge treatment, follwed by the matte scotch tape to make sure the envelope is not going to come open in the mail without a fight.

 

[Code Brown]

Don't forget to put happy face stickers on each of the envelopes. It'll show your enthusiasm!

 

[IndyZX]

I always peel the skin off of a grape and then use that to moisten envelopes.

 

[stwei]

Anyone here who has thought about using self adhesive envelopes and stamps? 😱 😀