Minisota Toy Factory

There is a factory in Northern Minnesota that makes the Tickle Me Elmo toys. The toy laughs when you tickle it under the arm. So, Lena was hired at the factory and she reported for her 1st day promptly at 8 a.m. The next 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 & 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 I gave you yesterday. Your job is to give each Elmo two test tickles.