What took you so long?
A man is tired of having to do everything for himself around his house, so one day he goes down to his local pet shop and asks the owner for a pet that can do chores for him.
The pet shop owner offers the man a dog, and the man replies, saying “Dogs are dirty animals, what else do you have?” The owner says “What about a cat?” to which the man replies, “Cats are too lazy”
The owner then says “OK, here take this centipede, it will serve you well.” The man looks puzzled but takes the owners word for it.
So he takes it home and to his surprise, the centipede washes the dishes, does the laundry, cooks him dinner and vacuums the house.
So the next morning the man tells the centipede to go down to the local shop and buy him the daily newspaper. The man then settles back down into his chair and puts the tv on.
Half an hour later and the newspaper has not arrived yet, so the man thinks that something must have gone wrong, maybe it got hit by a car or crushed by a tree. So he gets up and walks out into the hallway where he finds the centipede sitting on the stairs.
The man says, “I told you to go and get me my paper, half an hour ago, and you’re still here, what’s wrong with you?”
To which the centipede replied, “Give me a chance, I had to get my shoes on!”