     An assembly line worker became increasingly obsessed with the
desire to stick his penis into the pickle slicer.  Finally, worried that
he'd be unable to contain his desire, he sought the advice of a
psychiatrist.
    "You know, I had a case not unlike this one a few months ago," said
the doctor.  "A man kept wanting to put his hand on a hot stove."
    "So what happened?" asked the factory worker.
    "He went ahead and did it," said the shrink, "and he burned
himself, but he never had the desire again.  So my advice to you is to
go ahead and follow your impulse in order to free yourself of it."
    The man thanked the doctor and left.  At his next appointment the
doctor asked what happened.
    "I took your advice," said the man, "and stuck my penis into the
pickle slicer."
    "And then what?" asked the psychiatrist.

    "We both got fired!"
