There is a factory in Northern Minnesota which makes the Tickle Me
Elmo toys. The toy laughs when you tickle it under the arms.
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>> Well, Lena is hired at The Tickle Me Elmo factory and she reports for
her first day promptly at 8:00 am.
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>> The next day at 8:45 am there is a knock at the Personnel
Manager's door.
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>> The Foreman throws open the
door and begins to rant about the new
Employee.
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>> He complains that she is incredibly slow and the whole line is backing
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>> up, putting the entire production line behind schedule.
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>> The Personnel Manager decides he should see this for himself, so the 2
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>> 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.
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>> At the end of the line stands Lena surrounded by mountains of Tickle
Me Elmo's.
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>> She has a roll of plush Red fabric and a huge bag of small marbles.
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>> 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 lit tle package
between Elmo's legs.
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>> The Personnel
Manager bursts into laughter. After several minutes of
hysterics he pulls himself together and approaches Lena .
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>> 'I'm sorry,' he says to her, barely able to keep a
straight face, 'but
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>> I think you misunderstood the instructions I gave you
yesterday...'
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>> 'Your job is to give Elmo two test tickles.
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