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 the 2 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 2 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."
> 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 the 2 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 2 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."
