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2naSalit

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21. This made me think of a joke that I saw on DU a few years ago, oddly.

Thu Dec 20, 2018, 05:36 PM

Dec 2018

About a couple who got divorced and fought over who got the house. I'll do my best to get to the point quickly.

The husband lived there until the settlement with his new sweetie but moved on court orders, but he really wanted the house. the wife moves in but discovers a horrid odor that permeates everything throughout the house. She gets new carpet, tries all kinds of things but cannot locate and eliminate the odor so she decides to sell it to the ex for a song just to get out of it and find something less offensive and move on, besides he deserved the stench, she thought.. The ex gladly buys the house for cheap and moves right in and replaced the drapes and all the rods.

It seems that he and the girlfriend decided to make the house unlivable to the wife so she'd sell it back to the ex... well, they had many a seafood dinner and placed the shells inside the curtain rods which wreaked a stench that compares to none. It didn't take long and the wife was glad to give up the house in the end, all while thinking she'd ripped off the ex in the transaction. But she also did them a big favor by redoing the flooring and all the remodeling.

A tale of caution I suppose but it could be something you'd never guess and maybe in plain sight.

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There is a terrible smell in my apartment. I've looked at all the garbages, [View all] applegrove Aug 2017 OP

check air conditioning vents or under fridge, etc.. drray23 Aug 2017 #1

Thanks. I will do that next. applegrove Aug 2017 #2

Check Holes In Walls, Behind Appliances, In Floors & Radiators If you Have THem Me. Aug 2017 #3

Assuming you have no Republicans hiding in your apartment The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #4

I have two cats but did not know I had mice. The only republicans who make it into my world applegrove Aug 2017 #5

Some cats just kill their prey and don't eat it. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #6

My cats have never been outside. I just assumed the outside had not migrated inside. applegrove Aug 2017 #7

I live in an old house and mice get in from time to time. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #9

Rodents between the wall boards. Remove electrical outlet plates, get close (but not too close NCjack Aug 2017 #13

Check the stove under the burners. A lot of electric stoves have little dishes under the coils and Squinch Aug 2017 #8

When I was a kid, our hamster got loose and moved into the stove broiler pan. Shrike47 Aug 2017 #15

Yikes! Thank god there was no hamster frickasee for dinner! Squinch Aug 2017 #19

Do you have any sinks, tubs, showers Phoenix61 Aug 2017 #10

You beat me to it customerserviceguy Aug 2017 #18

There are spaces inside the walls, the crawlspace, and in the attic procon Aug 2017 #11

Is you TV on to Fox? That'll do it every time. COLGATE4 Aug 2017 #12

Might be dead mouse in the wall. sinkingfeeling Aug 2017 #14

Skunks used to fight and/or mate at night under my apartment BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #16

FWIW - The smell will go away in about 3 weeks k8conant Aug 2017 #17

If it is a dead animal in between the walls and you can't locate it, I suggest burning japple Aug 2017 #20

This made me think of a joke that I saw on DU a few years ago, oddly. 2naSalit Dec 2018 #21

It was because my window was open and the neighbouring apartment building garbage applegrove Dec 2018 #22

Yikes! 2naSalit Dec 2018 #23

I just keep my side windows closed all the time. applegrove Dec 2018 #24