TICKLE ME ELMO

[natalie]

TICKLE ME ELMO

There is a factory in America which makes the Tickle Me Elmo toys.

The toy laughs when you tickle it under the arm.

A new employee is hired at the factory and starts at 8.00am. The next day at

8.45am there is a knock at the Personnel Manager's door. The foreman from

the assembly line 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 are really beginning to

pile up.

At the end of the line stands the new employee surrounded by a mountain of

Tickle Me Elmo's. She has a roll of plush red fabric and a huge bag of small

marbles. The 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 the

woman.

"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".