There is a factory in Northern Minnesota which makes the
Tickle Me Elmo toys. The toy laughs when you tickle it
under the arm.
Well Lena is hired at The Tickle Me Elmo factory and she
reports for her first day promptly 8:00a.m.
The next day at 8:45 there is a knock at the Personnel
Manager's door.
The Foreman from the assembly line throws open the door
and begins to rant about the new employee. He complains
that she is incredibly slow and the whole line is backing
up, putting the entire production line behind schedule.
The Personnel Manager decides he should see this for
himself so the two men march down to the factory floor.
When they get there the line is so backed up that there
are Tickle Me Elmo's all over the factory floor and
they're really beginning to pile up.
At the end of the line stands Lena surrounded by mountains
of Tickle Me Elmo's. She has a roll of plush red fabric
and a huge bag of small marbles.
The two men watch in amazement as she cuts a little piece
of fabric, wraps it around two marbles and begins to
carefully sew the little package between Elmo's legs
The Personnel Manager bursts into laughter. After several
minutes of hysterics he pull's himself together and
approaches Lena. "I'm sorry," he says to her, barely able
to keep a straight face, "but I think you misunderstood
the instructions I gave you yesterday...........
"Your job is to give Elmo two test tickles".