[2471] in Humor
HUMOR (cute): The Right Pet for the Job
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sharalee M. Field)
Mon Sep 28 12:02:28 1998
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 11:57:19 -0400
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From: "Sharalee M. Field" <sharalee_field@harvard.edu>
>From: "Joke of the Day" <<Joker@joker.org>
>Subject: Walk a Mile
>Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 03:33:29
>
> ___________________________________________________________
>
> 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!"
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> "Before you criticize a man, you should walk a mile in his
> shoes. That way, you are a mile away from him. And you've
> got his shoes."
>
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