urban legends.....

ok, so this piece was posted on the office door at the l.county health department....and it reeks of urban legend......but i enjoyed it thoroughly and hope that i never have to use the tactics within....

Curtain Rods (some people are just too smart)

She spent the first day packing her belongings into crates, boxes, and suitcases.

On the second day, she had the movers come and collect her things.

On the third day, she sat down at their beautiful dining room table by candlelight, put on some soft backround music, and feasted on a pound of shrimp, a jar of caviar, and a bottle of Chardonnay.

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. She cleaned up the kitchen and left.

When her husband returned with his new girlfriend, all was bliss for a few days. Then slowly, the house began to smell. They tried everything: cleaning and mopping and airing the place out. Vents were checked for dead rodents, and carpets were steam cleaned. Air fresheners were hung everywhere......

Exterminators were brought into 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. Repairment refused to work in the house. The maid quit.

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.

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. He told her the saga of the rotting house. She listened politely, and said how much she missed her old house 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 was 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 new girlfriend stood smirking as they watched the moving company pack everything to take to their new home.....

including the curtain rods......