The Curtain Rods
>
> She spent the first day packing her belongings into boxes, crates and
> suitcases.
>
> On the second day, she had the movers come and collect her things.
>
> On the third day, she sat down for the last time at their beautiful
dining
>room table by candlelight, put on some soft background music, and
> feasted on a pound of shrimp, a jar of caviar, and a bottle of
Chardonnay.
>
> When she had finished, she went into each and every room and
deposited a
> few half-eaten shrimp shells, dipped in caviar, into the hollow of
the
> curtain rods.
>
> She then cleaned up the kitchen and left.
>
> When the husband returned with his new girlfriend, all was bliss for
the
> first few days. Then slowly, the house began to smell. They tried
> everything; cleaning and mopping and airing the place out. Vents were
>checked for dead rodents, and carpets were steam cleaned.
>
> Air fresheners were hung everywhere.
>
> Exterminators were brought in to set off gas canisters, during which
> they had to move out for a few days, and in the end they even paid to
> replace the expensive wool carpeting.
>
> Nothing worked. People stopped coming over to visit...Repairmen
refused
> to work in the house...The maid quit...
>
> Finally, they could not take the stench any longer and decided to
move.
>
> A month later, even though they had cut their price in half, they
could
> not find a buyer for their stinky house. Word got out, and
eventually,
> even the local Realtors refused to return their calls.
>
> Finally, they had to borrow a huge sum of money from the bank to
> purchase a new place.
>
> The ex-wife called the man, and asked how things were g o ing. He told
her
> the saga of the rotting house.
>
> She listened politely, and said that she missed her old home
terribly,
> and would be willing to reduce her divorce settlement in exchange for
> getting the house back...
>
> Knowing his ex-wife had no idea how bad the smell was, he agreed on a
> price that was about 1/10th of what the house had been worth...But
only
> if she were to sign the papers that very day. She agreed, and within
the
> hour, his lawyers delivered the paperwork.
>
> A week later, the man and his new girlfriend stood smirking as they
> watched the moving company pack everything to take to their new
home...
> ....including the curtain rods.
>
> She spent the first day packing her belongings into boxes, crates and
> suitcases.
>
> On the second day, she had the movers come and collect her things.
>
> On the third day, she sat down for the last time at their beautiful
dining
>room table by candlelight, put on some soft background music, and
> feasted on a pound of shrimp, a jar of caviar, and a bottle of
Chardonnay.
>
> When she had finished, she went into each and every room and
deposited a
> few half-eaten shrimp shells, dipped in caviar, into the hollow of
the
> curtain rods.
>
> She then cleaned up the kitchen and left.
>
> When the husband returned with his new girlfriend, all was bliss for
the
> first few days. Then slowly, the house began to smell. They tried
> everything; cleaning and mopping and airing the place out. Vents were
>checked for dead rodents, and carpets were steam cleaned.
>
> Air fresheners were hung everywhere.
>
> Exterminators were brought in to set off gas canisters, during which
> they had to move out for a few days, and in the end they even paid to
> replace the expensive wool carpeting.
>
> Nothing worked. People stopped coming over to visit...Repairmen
refused
> to work in the house...The maid quit...
>
> Finally, they could not take the stench any longer and decided to
move.
>
> A month later, even though they had cut their price in half, they
could
> not find a buyer for their stinky house. Word got out, and
eventually,
> even the local Realtors refused to return their calls.
>
> Finally, they had to borrow a huge sum of money from the bank to
> purchase a new place.
>
> The ex-wife called the man, and asked how things were g o ing. He told
her
> the saga of the rotting house.
>
> She listened politely, and said that she missed her old home
terribly,
> and would be willing to reduce her divorce settlement in exchange for
> getting the house back...
>
> Knowing his ex-wife had no idea how bad the smell was, he agreed on a
> price that was about 1/10th of what the house had been worth...But
only
> if she were to sign the papers that very day. She agreed, and within
the
> hour, his lawyers delivered the paperwork.
>
> A week later, the man and his new girlfriend stood smirking as they
> watched the moving company pack everything to take to their new
home...
> ....including the curtain rods.
