This is either very sad or very legendary. If this man had bought the house for the express purpose of pissing off his ex, then it’s sad. If he had no choice, was forced to move next to his ex, and then erected the satue – he’s a legend.

Alan Markovitz had recently broken up with his wife. It seems that she had been having an affair with some dude – with whom she promptly moved in with.

In order to get back at her and her lover, Markovitz bought the house next door, and erected a middle-finger statue that would remain visible all day and night, thanks to some nifty spotlights that he rigged up next to the statue.

Markovitz owns three strip clubs in Detroit and recently wrote a book about his entrepreneurship, which is reportedly being turned into a TV reality series on Cinemax – so he can’t be so poor that he had to move in next door and actually live there.

So it’s sad then. (But in a legendary way).

(Although, arguably not as legendary as this middle finger statue, directed at the president of the Czech Republic.)

[Source : Fox]