The Curtian rods

She spent the first day packing her belongings into boxes, crates, & suitcases. On the second day, she had the movers come & 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, & feasted on a pound of shrimp, a jar of caviar, & a bottle of Chardonnay. When she had finished, she went into each & every room & stuffed half-eaten shrimp shells dipped in caviar, into the hollow of all of the curtain rods. She then cleaned up the kitchen & 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, airing the whole place. Vents were checked for dead rodents, carpets were steam cleaned, air fresheners were hung, & exterminators were brought in to set off gas canisters, during which time they had to move out for a few days & in the end they even paid to replace the expensive wool carpeting. Nothing worked. People quit visiting, repairmen refused to work in the house, & the maid quit. Finally they could not take the stench any longer & decided to move.

A month later, even though they had cut their price in half, they could not find a buyer. Word got out about their stinky house & eventually, even the local realtors refused to return their calls. They finally had to borrow a huge sum of money from the bank to buy a new place to live.

The ex-wife called the man & asked how things were going. He told her the saga of the rotting house. She listened politely, then said 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 & 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 up to take to their new home, including the curtain rods. I just love a happy ending, Don't you?......uhhh we are not supposed to seek revenge!!

The greater the sinner the greater the right to God's mercy