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 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 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 companies pack everything
to take to their new home.........
And
to spite the ex-wife; they even took the curtain rods!!!!!!
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