There is a factory
in Essex which makes the Tickle Me Elmo toys.. The toy
laughs when you tickle it under the arms.
Well,
Shelley is hired at The Tickle Me Elmo factory and she
reports for her first day promptly at 8:00 am.
The next day at
8:45 am there is a knock at the Personnel Manager's door.
The Foreman 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 2 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.
At the end of the
line stands Shelley surrounded by mountains of Tickle Me Elmo's. She has
a roll of
plush Red fabric and a huge bag of small
marbles.
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 little
package between Elmo's legs.
The Personnel
Manager bursts into laughter. After several minutes of
hysterics he pulls himself together and approaches
Shelley.
'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.