A man goes into a pet shop and tells the owner that he
wants to buy a
pet that can do everything.
The shop owner suggests a faithful dog.
The man replies, "Come on, a dog?"
The owner says,
"How about a cat?"
The man replies, "No way! A cat
certainly can't do
everything. I want a pet that can do
everything!"
The shop owner thinks for a minute, then says,
"I've got it! A centipede!"
The man says, "A
centipede? I can't imagine a centipede
doing everything, but okay...
I'll try a centipede." He
gets the centipede home and says to the
centipede,
"Clean the kitchen."
Thirty minutes later, he
walks into the kitchen and...
it's immaculate! All the dishes and
silverware have been
washed, dried, and put away; the counter-tops cleaned;
the
appliances sparkling; the floor waxed. He's absolutely
amazed.
He says to the centipede, "Go clean the living
room."
Twenty minutes later, he walks into the living room. The
carpet has been vacuumed; the furniture cleaned and dusted;
the pillows
on the sofa plumped; plants watered.
The man thinks to himself,
"This is the most amazing thing
I've ever seen. This really is a pet
that can do
everything!"
Next he says to the centipede,
"Run down to the corner and
get me a newspaper."
The
centipede walks out the door. 10 minutes later...
no centipede.
20
minutes later... no centipede. 30 minutes later...
no
centipede.
By this point the man is wondering what's going on. The
centipede should have been back in a couple of minutes.
45 minutes
later... still no centipede!
He can't imagine what could have
happened. Did the
centipede run away? Did it get run over by a car?
Where is that centipede?
So he goes to the front door, opens it ...
and there's
the centipede sitting right outside.
The man says,
"Hey!!! I sent you down to the corner store
45 minutes ago to get me a
newspaper. What's the matter?!"
The centipede says, "I'm
goin'! I'm goin'! I'm just
puttin' on my shoes!"
