What's the Worst Thing You've Ever Done to an Ex?

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What’s not to love about West Virginia? The state has coal mining, the Hatfields, Appalachian music and a giant named Kevin Pittsnogle. It also has Mingo County Circuit Judge Michael Thornsbury. According to a recent federal indictment, Judge Thornsbury isn't very good at dealing with heartbreak. The 57-year-old allegedly had an affair with his secretary. Once she broke off the affair, he reacted like any rational man of the law would: by fostering a five-year vendetta against her husband which included trying to frame him for crimes that he did not commit. Apparently the judge tried to orchestrate bogus drug, theft and assault charges against the husband of his former fling. A true West Virginian love story.

Which brings us to our question of the day: What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done to an ex?

Alice, 20, student: It wasn’t me, it was my friend, who was with my flatmate. She made him think she was pregnant via Twitter.

Oh really? What was his reaction?
He really didn’t have a reaction. He just ignored everything.

So he had a head-in-the-sand type of attitude?
Yeah. She didn’t come out and say she was pregnant but she hinted very strongly at it.

Via Twitter. At least she did it in private.

Nicole, 24, graphic designer: Nothing that bad. Nothing terrible.

That’s quite boring. Do you know any stories?
Well a friend of a friend keyed a guy’s car.

Really, did she write anything?
No, it was just from the back to the front.

Was it a nice car?
I don’t know. Sorry.

Did she let it be known that it was her, though?
Well it was obvious. People talk.

Indeed they do, Nicole.

Kate, 20, administrator: I tried to run a guy over once.

Like you were in a car and he was on foot?
Yeah.

Were you successful in running him over?
No, he ran away.

Really? Was that fortunate or unfortunate?
Unfortunate.

But you’d be in jail.
Well I didn’t want it to be anything serious. Just bump him or whatever.

Oh, like take out his knee. Nothing serious, I see. What did he do?
Shouted at me.

Sounds like an asshole who needed to be run over.

Chelsea, 20 legal secretary: I let the air out of a guy’s tyres.

Really? Are we talking just deflating the tires or slashing the shit out of them?
Just deflating them.

Well, I guess that conveys your viewpoint without being too mean about it.
I guess so.

Previously – What Will You Hallucinate Before You Die?