On the first day after his divorce was finalized, a man 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 his old dining room table. He cooked himself a small going-away feast and dined on a pound of shrimp, a jar of caviar and a bottle of beer.
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 all the curtain rods.
He then cleaned up the kitchen and left.
On the fourth day his now ex-wife took possession of the house and moved in with her new boyfriend. 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. 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 home.
Then the ex-husband called the woman and asked how things were going. She told him the saga of the smelly house.
He listened politely and told her that he sort of missed the old house and that if she would be willing to eliminate his alimony payments he would consider buying the house back from her.
Knowing he could have no idea how bad the smell really was, she agreed on a price that was only ¼ of what the house was worth...but only if he would sign the papers that very day.
He agreed and within two hours her lawyers had 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.
To spite her ex-husband, they took everything in the house...even the curtain rods.
