Erlkönig: lonely-guy+centipede.shtml

[collected 2002-02-04 23:48:20 CST ]

> This guy was lonely, and decided life would be more
> fun if he had a pet. So he went to the pet store and
> told the owner that he wanted to buy an unusual pet.
> 
> After some discussion, he finally bought a centipede,
> which came in a little white box to use for his house.
> He took the box back home, found a good location for
> the box, and decided he would start off by taking his
> new pet to the bar to have a drink.
> 
> So he asked the centipede in the box, "Would you like
> to go to Boswell's with me and have a beer?" But there
> was no answer from his new pet. This bothered him a
> bit, but he waited about 20 minutes and then asked
> again, "How about going to the bar and having a drink
> with me?" But again, there was no answer from his new
> friend and pet.
> 
> So he waited 10 minutes more, thinking about the
> situation. He decided to ask him one more time! This
> time putting his face up against the centipede's house
> and shouting, "Hey, in there! Would you like to go to
> Boswell's and have a drink with me?"
> 
> A little voice came out of the box: "I heard you the
> first time! I'm putting on my shoes."