Curtain Rods (3)

CURTAIN RODS --- PRICELESS


On the first day, she sadly packed 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 candle-light; she put on some soft background

music, and feasted on a pound of shrimp, a jar of caviar,and a bottle of

spring-water.


When she'd finished, she went into each and

every room and deposited a few half-eaten shrimps dipped in caviar into the

hollow center of the curtain rods.

She then cleaned up the kitchen and

left.

On the fourth day, the husband came back with his new girlfriend, and at first all was

bliss.

Then, slowly, the house began to

smell.

They tried everything; cleaning, mopping, and airing-out the

place.

Vents were checked for dead rodents, and carpets were steam

cleaned.

Air fresheners were hung everywhere. Exterminators were brought

into set off gas canisters, during which time the two 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 couldn't

take the stench any longer, and decided they had to move, but a month later -

even though they'd cut their price in half - they couldn't find a buyer for such

a stinky house.

Word got out, and eventually even the local Estate Agents

refused to return their calls.

Finally, unable to wait any longer for a

purchaser, they had to borrow a huge sum of money from the bank to purchase a

new place.

Then 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 having the house.

Knowing she could have no

idea how bad the smell really was, he agreed on a price

that was only 1/10 th of what the house had been worth ... but

only if she would sign the papers that very day.

She agreed, and within

two hours his lawyers delivered the completed paperwork.

A week later the

man and his girlfriend stood smiling as they watched the moving company pack

everything to take to their new home .....

.... and to spite the ex-wife,

they even took the curtain rods!



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