----- Oh what sweet revenge!
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> CURTAIN RODS - - PRICELESS
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> She spent the first day packing her belongings into boxes, Crates and
> suitcases.
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> On the second day, she had the movers come and collect her things.
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> On the third day, she sat down for the last time at their
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> beautiful dining room table by candle-light, put on some
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> soft background music and feasted on a pound of shrimp, a jar of caviar
> and a bottle of spring-water.
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> 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.
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> She then cleaned up the kitchen and left.
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> When the husband returned with his new girlfriend,
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> all was bliss for the first few days .
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> Then slowly, the house began to smell.
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> They tried everything; cleaning, mopping and airing the place out..
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> Vents were checked for dead rodents and
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> carpets were steam cleaned.
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> 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.
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> Nothing worked!
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> People stopped coming over to visit.
> Repairmen refused to work in the house.
> The maid quit.
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> Finally, they could not take the stench any longer
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> and decided to move.
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> A month later, even though they had cut their price in half, they could
> not find a buyer for their stinky house.
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> Word got out and eventually even the local realtors
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> refused to return their calls.
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> Finally, they had to borrow a huge sum of money
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> from the bank to purchase a new place.
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> The ex-wife called the man and asked how things were going.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> She agreed and within the hour his lawyers delivered the paperwork.
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> A week later the man and his girlfriend stood smiling
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> as they watched the moving company pack everything
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> to take to their new home.
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> And to spite the ex-wife, they even took the curtain rods!
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> I LOVE A HAPPY ENDING, DON'T YOU?
