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 spring water.

When she 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 from 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 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 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 with them!

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