On the first day, he sadly packed his
belongings into boxes, crates and suitcases.
On the second day, he had the movers come and collect
his things.
On the third day, he sat
down for the last time at their beautiful
dining-room table, by
candle-light; he put on some soft background music, and feasted on a pound of
shrimp, a jar of caviar, and a bottle of
spring-water. When he'd finished, he
went into each and every room and deposited a few half-eaten shrimps dipped in
caviar into the hollow center of the curtain rods.
He then cleaned up the kitchen and
left.
On the fourth day, the wife
came back with her new boyfriend, and at first all was bliss.
Then,
slowly, the house began to smell.
They tried everything; cleaning,
mopping, and airing-out the place.
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 time the two 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 couldn't take
the stench any longer, and decided they had to move, but a month later - even
though they'd cut their price in half - they couldn't find a buyer for such a
stinky house.
Word got out, and eventually
even the local realtors refused to return their calls.
Finally, unable to wait any
longer for a purchaser, they had to borrow a huge sum of money from the bank to
purchase a new place.
Then the ex-called the woman
and asked how things were going. She told him the saga of the rotting
house. He listened politely and said that
he missed his old home terribly
and would be willing to reduce his divorce settlement in exchange for
having the house.
Knowing he could have no idea
how bad the smell really was, she agreed on a price that was only 1/10 nth of
what the house had been worth ... but only if he
would sign the papers that very day.
He agreed, and within two
hours her lawyers delivered the completed
paperwork.
A week later the woman and
her boyfriend stood smiling as they watched the moving company pack
everything to take to their new home ......
and to spite the ex-husband,
they even took the curtain rods!
I LOVE A HAPPY
ENDING, DON'T YOU?
