The uh, festive holiday display you see before you comes to us from a Blackpool, U.K. man named Steve McGawley, who learned the hard way this week that having festive holiday decorations such as these will also get your ass thrown in jail. As you can see in the above photo uploaded to Facebook on Saturday, McGawley had used the lights to draw out a crude penis, as well as an obscene four letter word for female genitalia.
At the time of McGawley’s arrest, however, he had changed up his display a bit, keeping the penis but replacing the four letter word with a picture of a bell followed up the word “end” — as “bell end” has a wildly different meaning in the U.K. than it does in the states. McGawley documented his awkward yet hilarious encounter with police in a 10 minute long video uploaded to Facebook, which predictably ends with him being taken into custody when he refuses to put clothes on and take down his lights.
how to get taken down the cells, just like to thank the two constables for upholding the law and doing a very good job, although you did arrest me after you barged in, so in theory i was nt under arrest, till i made a point of it, pmsl, also want to thank the nice duty officer who made my stay very welcoming and satisfying, although my cell had a few old beans on the floor and spit all over the gaff but im not one to complain, overall performance i give u 4,out of 5 point deducted for a tight handcuff on my right wrist, apart from that you were all amazing thank you
regards mr mcgawley
McGawley was issued with a penalty notice for disorder and charged a £90 fine before being released, and was warned by authorities that further action could be taken if they received any more complaints. He has since replaced his display to read “I’m sorry” with not a penis in sight.
(Via Metro)