A man goes into a pet shop and tells the owner that he wants
to buy a pet
that can do everything.
The owner says "How about a 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 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." 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. 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??
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 45
minutes ago to get me a newspaper. What's the story?!"
The centipede says, "I'm goin'! I'm goin'! I'm just puttin' on my shoes!"