TWATS sign confirmed as work of Thwaites employee; more updates

A Thwaites insider has informed Blackburn Bugle that the hilarious modification to the iconic brewery sign was indeed the work of a disgruntled employee.

Some time ago, the neon tubes inside the sign's letters were rewired so each letter is powered by its own transformer; as a result there is one circuit breaker per letter, making such a task a doddle for anyone with the correct access.

Thwaites today published a confusingly brief acknowledgement of the incident which explains absolutely nothing but does pay lip service to the staff affected by the cuts.

Since the Blackburn Bugle broke the news yesterday evening, the photos have gone viral and the story has been picked up by The Huffington Post, Mail Online, The Mirror and other online news sources.

Amusingly, the Lancashire Telegraph's print version of the story (above) announces that Thwaites plan to PROBE the massive TWATS. This was presumably not intended as a callback to our old Probe Bureau article.