CURTAIN RODS

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 beautifuldining-room table, by candle-light; he put on some softbackground music, and feasted on a pound of shrimp, a jar of caviar, and abottle of spring-water.

When he'd finished, he went into each and every room and depositeda few half-eaten shrimps dipped in caviarinto 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, andat 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 steamcleaned.

Air fresheners were hung everywhere. Exterminators were brought into set off gas canisters, during which time the two had to move out for a fewdays, 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 decidedthey had to move, but a month later - even though they'd cut their price inhalf - they couldn't find a buyer for such a stinky house.

Word got out, and eventually even the local realtors refused toreturn their calls.

Finally, unable to wait any longer for a purchaser, they had toborrow 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.. Shetold him the saga of the rotting house. He listened politely and said that hemissed his old home terribly and would be willing to reduce his divorcesettlement in exchange for having the house.

Knowing he could have no idea how bad the smell really was, sheagreed on a price that was only 1/10th of what the house had been worth ... butonly if he would sign the papers that very day.

He agreed, and within two hours her lawyers delivered thecompleted paperwork.

A week later the woman and her boyfriend stood smiling as theywatched the moving company pack everything to take to their new home ......

and to spite the ex-husband, they even tookthe curtain rods!

I LOVE A HAPPY ENDING, DON'T YOU?