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The Curtain Rods (vanity)

Posted on 06/03/2006 9:26:41 PM PDT by STARWISE

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.

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

When she had finished, she went into each and every room and stuffed half-eaten shrimp shells dipped in caviar, into the hollow of all the curtain rods. 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.

They tried everything: cleaning, mopping, and airing the place out. The refrigerator and stove were moved to checked behind them, 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 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. 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 1/10th of the worth of the house, but only if she would sign the papers that very day. She agreed, and within the hour his lawyer 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 .. including the curtain rods.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor
KEYWORDS: curtainrods; humor; shrimp; smellyhouse
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;) I've been crying with laughter reading this again .. hope you enjoy the laugh.
1 posted on 06/03/2006 9:26:43 PM PDT by STARWISE
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To: no more apples; onyx; ohioWfan; Howlin; mystery-ak; Wolfstar; GretchenM; snugs; Fudd Fan; NordP; ...

Ping!


2 posted on 06/03/2006 9:29:05 PM PDT by STARWISE (((They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL autho)
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To: STARWISE

I did enjoy it very much....thank you.

LOL


3 posted on 06/03/2006 10:07:56 PM PDT by Txsleuth
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To: Txsleuth

;)


4 posted on 06/03/2006 10:21:56 PM PDT by STARWISE (((They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL autho)
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To: STARWISE

This is too funny! Thanks for posting it!


5 posted on 06/03/2006 10:55:44 PM PDT by HauntedSoul (Don't call me "newbie", see my profile page.)
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To: HauntedSoul

You're welcome ... it just cracks me up. Some lurking Hollyweirdo should make it into a movie .. like War of the Roses.


6 posted on 06/03/2006 11:12:32 PM PDT by STARWISE (((They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL autho)
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Jeez, no wonder he divorced her, if that's what she's capable of doing after a lucrative divorce settlement, one can only imagine what it was like coming home to her after a hard day's work.


7 posted on 06/03/2006 11:19:22 PM PDT by paristwelve
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To: paristwelve
I guess you missed the part about "his girlfriend."


8 posted on 06/03/2006 11:21:33 PM PDT by STARWISE (((They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL autho)
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To: STARWISE

He wouldn't have needed a "girlfriend" if he'd had a happy home life.


9 posted on 06/03/2006 11:27:36 PM PDT by paristwelve
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To: STARWISE

kinda like the time the guys at college smeared limberger cheese on the back side of the handrail in the elevator at college

it reeked of cleaner for weeks


10 posted on 06/04/2006 2:55:12 AM PDT by Revelation 911 (nnnnnneeeeet)
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To: paristwelve

How do you kow the wife didn't start screwing her boss during the marriage? You seem to blame him with no detail. From the sounds of it, she's just that type of person.


11 posted on 06/04/2006 3:04:58 AM PDT by Toby06 (True conservatives vote based on their values, not for parties.)
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To: STARWISE
Shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, sautee it. There's, um, shrimp kebabs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo, pan fried, deep fried, stir fried. There's pineapple shrimp and lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich... That's, that's about it.

Oh, and one more thing, you can...............................

12 posted on 06/04/2006 3:16:31 AM PDT by Cagey
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To: STARWISE

VERY funny!

Im printing it out and taking it to work :o)


13 posted on 06/04/2006 5:03:59 AM PDT by motormouth (Most folks are about as happy as they make up thier minds to be.)
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To: paristwelve

Oh pull-eeze. It's a JOKE.


14 posted on 06/04/2006 7:24:21 AM PDT by Fudd Fan (My dog ate my tagline.)
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To: Cagey
Put them in a hubcap.

Not that I would know anything about that.

:Walks off whistling nonchalantly:

15 posted on 06/04/2006 7:28:45 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Every lady in this land hath 20 nails on each hand five and twenty on hand and feet)
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To: STARWISE; potlatch

love it


16 posted on 06/04/2006 12:56:49 PM PDT by bitt
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

down the air conditioning vents is a better idea...make it sardines...

whistle, whistle....


17 posted on 06/04/2006 12:57:48 PM PDT by bitt
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To: bitt
:studies finger nails:

If by some chance a bottle of nail polish remover should fall into the windshield washer fluid terrible things could result.

You have to be very careful not to let that happen.

18 posted on 06/04/2006 1:09:11 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Every lady in this land hath 20 nails on each hand five and twenty on hand and feet)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

now that's just wrong! hehheh...


19 posted on 06/04/2006 2:21:24 PM PDT by bitt
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To: bitt

Very cunning, huh?


20 posted on 06/04/2006 4:01:54 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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