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 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 dipped in caviar, into the hollow of 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.

Vents were checked for dead rodents and carpets were steamed.

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 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 about 1/10th of what the house had been 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 girlfriend stood smiling as they watched the moving company pack everything to take to their new home....
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including the curtain rods.

This one is such an urban myth, I'd be surprised to find someone who doesn't know it.

I've heard it trotted out several times on phone-in shows, and seen it more than once in magazines and newspapers.

With the result that now, anybody who finds in their house a bad smell of recent origin - with or without any ongoing divorce or partner split - the first thing they will check if they have any smarts is the curtain rods.

C'mon, this an nlp forum. You can do better than this.

This one is such an urban myth, I'd be surprised to find someone who doesn't know it.

I did not know that, forgive me. Will do better than this, Mr. Robbie.

Vivek.

I've never heard this before and thought it was funny

It is also posted in the Chill Out Room where it specifically states that threads don't have to be NLP related.

Thank you for posting this Vivek.

Did Eric have a grumpy sandwich for lunch?

I guess, we would feel irritated if we were to hear the same story again and again.

ericrobbie wrote:

This one is such an urban myth, I'd be surprised to find someone who doesn't know it.

I've heard it trotted out several times on phone-in shows, and seen it more than once in magazines and newspapers.

With the result that now, anybody who finds in their house a bad smell of recent origin - with or without any ongoing divorce or partner split - the first thing they will check if they have any smarts is the curtain rods.

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ericrobbie wrote:

C'mon, this an nlp forum. You can do better than this.

Indeed, we know that you can Eric. No need to share your internal dialogue at the end though )