Curtain Rods

"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, 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 smel l 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 girlfriend stood smiling as they watched the moving
company pack everything to take to their new home,.........


including the curtain rods.