Here is a pix of their sign
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| Brits Steal Signs of an Austrian Town |
| 2005-08-16 |
| Brits steal carloads of F**king Austrian roadsigns An Austrian village called Fucking will not change its name despite sniggering Brits making off with its roadsigns. Mayor Siegfried Hauppl has asked visitors to lay off the signs which began to attract outside attention after British and US soldiers passing through in 1945 illuminated the locals as to the English meaning of Fucking, Ananova reports. Hauppl explained: "We had a vote last year on whether to rename the town, but decided to keep it as it is. After all, Fucking has existed for 800 years, probably when a Mr F**k or the F**k family moved into the area. The 'ing' was added as a word for settlement." Its all in the Spelling We reckon that Fucking has been around a lot longer than 800 years, otherwise there wouldn't have been any F****s to lend their name to the village in the first place, would there? Be that as it may, the disappointing news is that the residents of Fucking are - according to Franz Duernsteiner, an expert on preposterous Austrian village names - very "conservative" people. He said: "Most of them can speak English, and when someone asks them where they come from they are a little ashamed to say it." Remember, its all in theSpelling That's fair enough, and certainly something the residents of Milton Keynes can sympathise with. |
| Posted by:BigEd |
| #33 This is all cute....like a stomach pump! ---Daffy Duck |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-08-16 23:24 |
| #32 Heh, Raj, Thx! Y'know, I get the feeling she's going to be around a long long time and become one of the greats. She seems to have the temperament and, IMHO, the talent (not talents, heh) for those roles that demand subtlety and finesse. She could make some great flix. Of course, in the three pix you linked she seems very aware and proud of her slutty high-end trailer-trash appearance, lol! Mebbe she's shallow and foolish - I hope not - I really think she's got (had?) class. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-08-16 17:33 |
| #31 .com, this one (or two) are for you! |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-08-16 17:22 |
| #30 Sheesh, teasing should be illegal, lol! |
| Posted by: .com 2005-08-16 17:11 |
| #29 LOL, Frank. I hadn't heard that one. But then, I've led a sheltered life. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-08-16 17:10 |
| #28 Any mode at all, honey. :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-08-16 17:09 |
| #27 In which mode? (I'll do it more often, lol.) |
| Posted by: .com 2005-08-16 17:08 |
| #26 like the old joke: bishop doing the crossword, asks the priest what's a 4 letter word ending in "nt" for a woman". The priest says: "Aunt". Oh yes, says the bishop and quickly erases a couple letters |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-08-16 17:07 |
| #25 You're so cute, .com. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-08-16 17:07 |
| #24 So can I go back to knuckle-dragging / mouth-breathing mode, now? My brain hurts, heh. ;-) |
| Posted by: .com 2005-08-16 17:06 |
| #23 That too, Frank. RBers are a class act. (most of the time ;-p) |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-08-16 17:06 |
| #22 That'll do, .com. What I had in mind was "talking." The joke's so old I actually forgot how it goes. The question should be: What's another word for "intercourse" that ends in "king"? Glad to see nobody went for the "obvious" answer (particularly considering the subject of this thread). ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-08-16 17:05 |
| #21 discussing |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-08-16 17:04 |
| #20 conversing? |
| Posted by: .com 2005-08-16 17:01 |
| #19 Time for the annual E. Stroudsburg Railroad route update, Intercourse to Paradise via Blue Balls and Bird in Hand. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-08-16 16:55 |
| #18 What's another word for "intercourse" that ends in "ing"? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-08-16 16:53 |
| #17 Here is a pix of their sign |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-16 16:37 |
| #16 You know we have a town like that here : Intercourse, Pennsylvania |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-16 16:35 |
| #15 Makes Intercourse, Pennsylvania seem rather clinical in comparison. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2005-08-16 16:28 |
| #14 Austrian city names... They also have "Mösendorf" (translates as "c*** village". And Bavaria has a town called "Tuntenhausen". Translates as "Fag Town". Oh, there is more: Busendorf (Tit village) Tittendorf (same as above) Sexau (sex meadow) Puffdorf (brothel village) Puffthal (brothel valley) Tuntendorf (fag village) Wixhausen (wanking house) Geilenkirchen (Horny Churches) Venusberg (mons veneris) |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2005-08-16 16:24 |
#13  "Please : Not so fast" refers to - be careful of the children..." |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-16 16:22 |
| #12 Someone once told me, that the old (middle ages??) pronunciation of the word viking (or whatever the word they had for viking back then), is actually fucking. So when the vikings attacked, the alarm would sound something like: "The fuckings are coming! The fuckings are coming!" (well, it seemed funny at the time I heard this) |
| Posted by: Rafael 2005-08-16 16:19 |
| #11 More : It is near the city of Salzburg. The village is known to have existed as "Fucking" since at least 1070 and is named after a man from the 6th century called Focko. "Ing" is an old Germanic suffix meaning "people"; thus Fucking, in this case, means "place of Focko's people". From : Wikipedia |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-16 16:18 |
| #10 Posted: "Stop taking our F*cking roadsigns!" |
| Posted by: BH 2005-08-16 15:59 |
| #9 An Austrian village called Fucking will not change its name despite sniggering Brits making off with its roadsigns. I have a feeling that Alabama newspapers won't be syndicating this article. |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2005-08-16 15:58 |
| #8 TGA- Is she typical of the Fucking girls? If so, I'm moving there! |
| Posted by: F*cking Penguin 2005-08-16 15:56 |
| #7 "Jeez, just start SELLING road signs and make some bucks!" My god, TGA, you're really American! (But we knew that. ;-p) |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-08-16 15:55 |
| #6 Heh They DO, obviously LOL and note what they say: "Please not so fast!"  |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2005-08-16 15:48 |
| #5 TGA: Exactly! Jeez, do people really not see the commercial possibilities of this? I'd have already printed up a bunch of t-shirts that say, "My grandma went to F*cking Austria and all I got was this F*cking t-shirt." Or "Austria: Best F*cking Vacation Ever". Come on, people! |
| Posted by: BH 2005-08-16 15:44 |
| #4 The Spelling, eh. Is that what they mean by not giving a flying f*@%. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-08-16 15:41 |
| #3 Jeez, just start SELLING road signs and make some bucks! |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2005-08-16 15:37 |
| #2 He said: "Most of them can speak English, and when someone asks them where they come from they are a little ashamed to say it." Heh, I just have to offer this little (8.24MB) mpeg video in honor of that statement. Note the opening credit, heh. One of the funniest commercials ever made, IMHO. (Language NSFW) |
| Posted by: .com 2005-08-16 15:30 |
| #1 Please move to Page 3... My Bad |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-16 15:22 |