Greetings all….
there is a factory in Northern Minnesota that makes the Tickle Me
Elmo toys. The toy laughs when you tickle it under the arm. Here is
a true story:
Lena was hired at the factory and she reported for her 1st day
promptly at 8:00 a.m. The following day, at 8:45, there was a knock
at the personnel manager's door. The foreman from the assembly line
threw open the door and began to rant about his new employee, Lena.
He complained that she was incredibly slow and that the entire
production line was behind schedule and backing up!
The personnel manager decided he should see this for himself, so
the two men marched down to the factory floor. When they got there,
the line was so backed up, there were Tickle Me Elmos all over the
factory floor and they were really beginning to pile up at the end
of the line stood Lena, surrounded by mountains of Tickle Me Elmos.
She had a roll of plush red fabric and a huge bag of small marbles.
The two men watched in amazement as she cut a little piece of
fabric, wrapped it around two marbles and began carefully to sew the
little package between Elmo's legs.
The personnel manager stared for a few seconds, saw what was
happening, and burst into laughter. After several minutes of
hysterics, he pulled himself together and approached Lena. "I'm
sorry," he said to her. Barely able to keep a straight face, he
said, "I think you misunderstood the instructions given you
yesterday. Your job is to give each Elmo two test tickles ..."