Hooray For Holywood! Police Called To Investigate Ryder Flag

According to BBC’s Mark Simpson, police in Rory McIlroy’s hometown of Holywood responded to a call about a massive European Union flag on display for a Ryder Cup viewing party.

It seems a neighbor thought it was something else...

The flag-waving golf fan, who did not wish to be named, said: "I was having a house-warming party and decided to put up the European flag for the Ryder Cup.

"I was tidying up on Sunday morning and two police officers arrived. They didn't seem to know what the flag was themselves.

"I said 'it is a European Union flag for the Ryder Cup'.

"They said there'd been a complaint about it being some sort of Arabic flag.

"I just laughed. In the end they were laughing too. It was crazy."

Okay, so the branding outreach hasn't gotten to everyone yet.

Comments

[Chris Campbell]

I wasn't aware that flying an Arabic flag was illegal in the UK, best tell the various embassies in London quick sharp.

[flies with beaks]

Well the EU is turning Islamist, so...

[bs]

The symbolism of flags is well understood in NI.

[Blacballed Vijay]

Do Arabic flags explode or something? Or are now supposed to identify everything we don't recognize as Islamic and therefore dangerous?

I'm off down the boozer to drink with my Muslim friends. I'll ask them about it.