• CURTAIN RODS --- PRICELESS
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    > On the first day, she sadly packed her belongings into boxes, crates
    > and suitcases.
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    > 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; she put on some 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'd finished, she went into each and every room and deposited a
    > few half-eaten shrimps dipped in caviar into the hollow centre of the
    > curtain rods.
    >
    > She then cleaned up the kitchen and left.
    >
    > On the fourth day, the husband came back with his new girlfriend, 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-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 having the house.
    >
    > Knowing she could have no idea how bad the smell really was, he agreed
    > on a price that was only 1/10 th of what the house had been worth ...
    > but only if she would sign the papers that very day.
    >
    > She agreed, and within two hours his lawyers delivered the completed
    > 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 ....
    >
    > .. and to spite the ex-wife, they even took the the curtain rods!
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    > I LOVE A HAPPY ENDING, DON'T YOU?

    Mark
    THAT being said, I'd rather be in Wyoming. C.A.N.T.