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 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 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.
I LOVE A HAPPY ENDING, DON'T YOU????
