The Kintyre Forum

There is a factory in Northern Minnesota which makes the Tickle Me
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> >>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
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> >>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
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> >>The Foreman throws open the door and begins to rant about the new
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> >>employee.
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> >>He complains that she is incredibly slow and the whole line is
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> >>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,
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> >>so the 2 men march down to the factory floor.
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> >>When they get there the line is so backed up that there are
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> >>Tickle Me Elmo's all over the factory floor and they're really
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> >>beginning
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> >>to pile up.
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> >>At the end of the line stands Lena surrounded by mountains of Tickle
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> >>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,
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> >>Wraps it around two marbles and begins to carefully sew the little
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> >>package between Elmo's legs.
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> >>The Personnel Manager bursts into laughter.
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> >>After several minutes of hysterics he pulls himself together and
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> >>approaches Lena.
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> >>"I'm sorry," he says to her, barely able to keep a straight face,
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> >>"but I think you misunderstood the instructions I gave you
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> >>yesterday..."
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> >>"Your job is to give Elmo two test tickles.
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