She spent the first day packing her personal belongings into boxes,
>crates,and suitcases.
>On the second day, she had the movers come to 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 slowl y, 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 fro m 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 1/10 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.
>I LOVE A HAPPY ENDING, DON'T YOU?
>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.
2006-11-01
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