The Curtain Rod

zoopslife on Jan 29 2008 at 14:14 | Filed under: Stories

My friend send me this quite a while ago and I think it is really priceless… teaches men not to mess with women…. and they say I’m not sexist…. muahahaha

CURTAIN RODS—-PRICELESS
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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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 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.
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> 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 company pack everything to take to their new home………
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> And to spite the ex-wife, they even took the the curtain rods!!!!!!