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Originally posted by iccky
Probably not a doable answer, but you could all of a sudden start having work done on YOUR house. Ever wanted new hardwood floors? Retile all the bathrooms? now might be the time. Or maybe say you suddenly found out that your pipes are about to fail and you have to have them all replaced now. Say that you finally got to the front of this amazing contractor's waiting list and if you don't have it done now you'll never get him again. Somethign to make your house as inhospitable as theirs.
Bad insect infestation with a multi-stage fumigation (that is, of course, very harmful to children) required might work as well.
I guess that's two ideas.
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iccky,
Although these ideas are terrific, they won't work for our situation (which contains information you could not possibly have known about prior to the Contest). Our families know that my wife and I are about to begin building a new home soon, so we would never begin home-improvement projects at this point in the current home. Plus, her other brother (the responsible brother) is going to buy our current home when we get ready to sell, so any fix-ups will be his idea.
Sorry, but great idea actually.