2005-01-20, 02:31 PM
>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 going. 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 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.