by 66-1112520797 » Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:17 am
<a href="http://banderasnews.com/0611/nw-
-austria.htm" target="_blank">Click on this, f.ucking funny</a>

Link doesnt work, but I've pasted the article over. \
Have a read :
Austrians Not Amused
AFP
The local authorities are hitting back with the signs now set in concrete.
British tourists have left the residents of one charming Austrian village effing and blinding by constantly stealing the signs for their oddly named village.
While British visitors are finding it hilarious, the residents of Fu.cking are failing to see the funny side.
Only one kind of criminal stalks the sleepy 32-house village near Salzburg on the German border - cheeky British tourists armed with a sense of humor and a screwdriver.
But the local authorities are hitting back with the signs now set in concrete, police chief Kommandant Schmidtberger is on the lookout.
"We will not stand for the Fu.cking signs being removed," the officer said.
"It may be very amusing for you British, but
is simply Fu.cking to us. What is this big Fu.cking joke? It is puerile."
Local tourist guide Andreas Behmueller said it was only the British that had a fixation with Fu.cking.
"The Germans all want to see the Mozart house in Salzburg," he explained. "Every American seems to care only about 'The Sound of Music' (the 1965 film shot around Salzburg.) The occasional Japanese wants to see Hilter's birthplace in Braunau."
"But for the British, it's all about Fu.cking."
Guesthouse manager Augustina Lindelbauer described the village's breathtaking lakes, forests and vistas. "Yet still there is this obsession with Fu.cking," she said. "Just this morning I had to tell an English lady that there were no Fuc.king postcards."
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We don't know how severe the stolen sign problem there really is, but Austria is indeed home to a town called 'Fu.cking' (48' 03"N 13' 51"E). Pronounced "fooking," the little hamlet of Fu.cking is named after the man who founded the village in the 6th century. His name? Focko.
This sign carries the hilarity even further: "Bitte - nicht so schnell!" is German for "Please - not so fast!" (Snopes.com)
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