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

to see this for himself, so 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.