stacey79
08-13-2008, 03:29 AM
I got this through e-mail and had to share...
"CURTAIN
> RODS.....PRICELESS"
>>
>>
>> After the
> divorce, 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 the20third day, she sat down for the last time at their
> beautiful
>> dining room table by candle-light, 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 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 f or 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 purcha se 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!!!!!!
>>
>>
>> I LOVE A HAPPY ENDING, DON'T YOU?
"CURTAIN
> RODS.....PRICELESS"
>>
>>
>> After the
> divorce, 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 the20third day, she sat down for the last time at their
> beautiful
>> dining room table by candle-light, 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 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 f or 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 purcha se 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!!!!!!
>>
>>
>> I LOVE A HAPPY ENDING, DON'T YOU?