He spent the first day packing 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 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 he had finished, he went into each and every
room and deposited a few half-eaten shrimp shells
dipped in caviar into the hollow of the curtain rods.
He then cleaned up the kitchen and left.

When the ex returned with her new partner, 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. 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!

Friends 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 called and asked how things were going. She
told him the saga of the rotting house. He listened
politely and said that he missed his old home terribly
and asked if she would be willing to reduce their divorce
settlement in exchange for getting the house.

Knowing he had no idea how bad the smell was, they
agreed on a price that was about 1/10th of what the
house had been worth, but only if he were to sign the
papers that very day. He agreed and within the hour
his lawyers delivered the paperwork.

A week later the ex and her partner stood smiling as
they watched the moving company pack everything
onto the truck to take to their new home... And just
to spite the husband, they even took the curtain rods!!!