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Title: Man buys house next to ex-wife, erects giant middle finger statue
Post by: mystery-ak on November 16, 2013, 09:46:32 pm
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Man buys house next to ex-wife, erects giant middle finger statue

Posted: Nov 15, 2013 9:19 PM CST Updated: Nov 15, 2013 9:25 PM CST
By myFOXDetroit.com Staff
By Randy Wimbley, Fox 2 News

Fox 2 News Headlines
Orchard Lake, Mich. (WJBK) -

Nothing quite communicates the wrath of a scorned lover like the middle finger. But in Bloomfield Hills, this middle finger is loud and proud - in the form of a near 12-foot high statue one man erected next door to his ex-wife.

Alan Markovitz recently moved into the home where the statue was erected, which happens to be next to the home where his ex-wife now lives with her new lover, whom she reportedly had an affair with while being married to Markovitz.

Markovitz tells Fox 2's Randy Wimbley his plan was to get even the ex-wife's new lover, and never meant for the matter be made public. However, it soon grabbed local attention when the ex-wife's daughter posted a picture of the statue on twitter.

The installation of the statue also included a spotlight to keep the message illuminated at all hours of the day.

Markovitz owns three strip clubs in Detroit recently wrote a book about his entrepreneurship, which is reportedly being turned into a TV reality series on Cinemax.

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Title: Re: Man buys house next to ex-wife, erects giant middle finger statue
Post by: rangerrebew on November 16, 2013, 09:54:40 pm
I thought maybe he was a proctologist. :silly:
Title: Re: Man buys house next to ex-wife, erects giant middle finger statue
Post by: truth_seeker on November 16, 2013, 10:27:48 pm
He originally picked her. That is a good argument for long courtships, for long engagements.

And perhaps for prenuptials.
Title: Re: Man buys house next to ex-wife, erects giant middle finger statue
Post by: Chieftain on November 16, 2013, 11:16:28 pm
Remember the Utah couple that put in a custom window in their house, shaped like the finger, so the City Council Critter who lived behind them and made them lower the roof of their house, can see it every time he walks out on his back deck...