So....up Nort of Hibbing in Minnesota...there's the factory that makes the Tickle Me Elmo Toys....The toy that laughs when you tickle it under his arms.
Lena is hired on to work for the company...and reports on Monday morning at 8 a.m.....
The next day, there's a knock on the Personnel Manager's door. The Foreman throws open the door and begins to rant and rave about the new employee. He complains that she is incredibly slow and that 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 soooo 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. Lena has a roll of plush red fabric and a huge sacl of little marbles.
The two men watch in amazement as she cuts a little pirce of fabric, wraps it around two marbles and begins to 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 fact, "but I think you misunderstood the instructions I gave to you on Friday...
Your job is to give Elmo two test tickles"