Tickle Me Elmo!

There is a factory in Northern Minnesota which makes the 'Tickle Me

Elmo' toys. The toy laughs when you tickle it under the arms.

Well, Lena is hired at The Tickle Me Elmo factory and she reports for

her first day promptly at 8:00 AM. The next day at 8:45 AM there is a knock

at the Personnel Manager's door. The Foreman 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 pulls 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."