crystals
10-08-2005, 03:18 PM
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 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, event 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.... ...including the curtain rods.
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 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, event 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.... ...including the curtain rods.