McCartney Times

MULL of Kintyre is a peninsula in the south-west of Scotland, and a famous song by Paul McCartney’s Wings. But less well-known is its (possibly apocryphal) role as a filter in the UK film industry.

The story goes that the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) used to judge whether images of naked men were suitable to be shown on screen by comparing a certain part of their anatomy to the aforementioned Scottish peninsula. If the filmed phallus in question appeared more erect than the Mull of Kintyre’s memorable outline, then the scene would be flagged up as inappropriate for viewing and swiftly relegated to the cutting room floor.

Source: What does Mull of Kintyre and censorship have in common? – The Scotsman