Best pet?

[YODA]

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, "A dog? That's so ordinary! And a dog
can't do everything!"

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 it, "Clean the
kitchen." Thirty minutes later, he walks into the kitchen
and it's immaculate. All the dishes and silverware have
been washed, polished, dried and put away. The countertops
have been cleaned. The appliances are sparkling. The floor
has been 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 clean and dusted,
the pillows on the sofa plumped and the plants watered.
The man thinks to himself, "This is the most amazing thing
I've ever seen. This is truly 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.
Ten minutes later, no centipede. Twenty minutes later,
no centipede. Thirty minutes later, no centipede.

The man is wondering what's going on. The centipede
should have been back in a couple of minutes. Forty-five
minutes later, still no centipede! The man can't imagine
what happened. Did the centipede run away? Did it get run
over by a car? Finally, he goes to the front door and opens
it... and there's the centipede sitting right outside the
door.

The man says, "Hey! I sent you 45 minutes ago to run
down to the corner and get me a newspaper. What's the story?"

The centipede says, "I'm goin'! I'm goin'! I'm puttin'
on my shoes!"