Austrians Not Amused

[Maestro]

Banderas News

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 <deleted> and blinding by constantly stealing the signs for their oddly named village.

While British visitors are finding it hilarious, the residents of fuc_king 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 fuc_king signs being removed," the officer said.

"It may be very amusing for you British, but fuc_king is simply fuc_king to us. What is this big fuc_king joke? It is puerile."

Local tourist guide Andreas Behmueller said it was only the British that had a fixation with fuc_king.

"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 Fuc_king."

Guesthouse manager Augustina Lindelbauer described the village's breathtaking lakes, forests and vistas. "Yet still there is this obsession with Fuc_king," 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 'Fuc_king' (48' 03"N 13' 51"E). Pronounced "<deleted>," the little hamlet of Fuc_king 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)

Source: http://banderasnews.com/0611/nw-fuc_king-austria.htm

Note: Sorry, the above link does not work. You have to copy/paste it into the address field in new brwoser window, delete the underline, press Enter.

[Bluelotus]

And this is related to Thailand how ?

[taxexile]

some other collectable signposts are to be found at

Arsoli (Lazio, Italy)

Bastard (Norway)

Beaver (Oklahoma, USA)

Beaver Head (Idaho, USA)

Brown Willy (Cornwall,UK)

Chinaman's Knob (Australia)

Climax (Colorado, USA)

cun_t (Spain)

Cunter (Switzerland)

Dikshit (India)

Dildo (Newfoundland, Canada)

Dong Rack (Thailand-Cambodia border).......thailand related !!

Dongo (Congo - Democratic Republic)

Effin (Limerick, Ireland)

Fuku (Shensi, China)

Fukue (Honshu, Japan)

Fukui (Honshu, Japan)

Fukum (Yemen)

Hold With Hope (Greenland)

Intercourse (Pennsylvania, USA)

Lickey End (West Midlands, UK)

Little Dix Village (West Indies)

Lord Berkeley's Knob (Sutherland, Scotland)

Middle Intercourse Island (Australia)

Muff (Northern Ireland)

Nobber (Donegal, Ireland)

Pis Pis River (Nicaragua)

Sexmoan (Luzon, Philippines)

Seymen (Turkey)

Shafter (California, USA)

Shag Island (Indian Ocean)

Shitlingthorpe (Yorkshire, UK)

Tittybong (Australia)

Tong Fuk (Japan)

Turdo (Romania)

Twatt (Orkney, UK)

Wank (Germany)

Wankendorf (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Wankener (India)

Wankie (Zimbabwe)

Wankie Colliery (Zimbabwe)

Wanks River (Nicaragua)

Wankum (Germany)

Wet Beaver Creek (Australia)

Other suggestions were Onancock (Virginia), Butztown (Pennsylvania), Prickwillow (Cambs) and Gofuku (Japan). Also Cockermouth (Cumbria), Climax (Missouri), Mary's Inlet (Florida) and Ecumsecum (Nova Scotia). Not to mention of course our personal favourite, Queensland's Mount Mee.

The Orkneys hamlet of Twatt and a road junction outside Essendon in Hertfordshire where, we are assured, Cucumber Lane meets Cum Cum Hill. We are further alerted by a motorcycling reader to the existence of a small town in Kentucky by the name of Big Bone, succeeded a mere five miles up the road by Beaverlick.

Edited February 21, 2008 by taxexile

[Maestro]

And this is related to Thailand how ?

It is related to pub entertainment. I can’t post it in jokes, because it is a true story.

Here is fuc_king on Google Maps.

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Maestro

[Maestro]

I find the article even funnier than the sign, the way the village name changes into an adjective when the comments of the villagers are translated from German to English.

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Maestro

[Naam]

We are further alerted by a motorcycling reader to the existence of a small town in Kentucky by the name of Big Bone, succeeded a mere five miles up the road by Beaverlick.

:D

[LaoPo]

This sign carries the hilarity even further: "Bitte - nicht so schnell!" is German for "Please - not so fast!" (Snopes.com)

Source: http://banderasnews.com/0611/nw-fuc_king-austria.htm

Note: Sorry, the above link does not work. You have to copy/paste it into the address field in new brwoser window, delete the underline, press Enter.

The most hilarious is the fact that the world famous 'Bahia de Banderas News', a website from Puerto Vallarta - Mexico, is writing about this Austrian-fuc_king-village-with-150-people-news....and that the 'news' ends up via Helvetia* (Switzerland) in Thailand and that the English don't pronounce the name 'fuc_king as in German '<deleted>'.

Ah well, another fuc_king time consuming item on TV

* Helvetia is the Roman name for an ancient region of central Europe occupying a plateau between the Alps and the Jura Mountains. Helvetia corresponded roughly to the western part of modern Switzerland, and the name is still used poetically.

LaoPo

Edited February 21, 2008 by LaoPo

[Zpete]

Helvetia used to be on Swiss stamps, dunno about now.

I have been to <deleted>*king.

Sad to say I never had any.........

[Bluelotus]

Purile

[lazeeboy]

the word is used by every nation ,they should just change it

[misterman21]

And this is related to Thailand how ?

Because a lot of Brits visit this site and it is a humerous story - and fortunatley you dont moderate!

Just to add - what about the town near Antwerp called <deleted> - a blinding place by all accounts!

Edited February 22, 2008 by misterman21

[Thaddeus]

Dong Rack (Thailand-Cambodia border).......thailand related !!

I drive through Dong Rak on my way to Surin, a little further along the way is a Ban called Coksaard.

There you go, even more Thai related.

[Payboy]

wonder why bangkok didn't make that list....

[kayo]

Indeed, Payboy. It has always seemed to me the most obvious pun of a place name.

Funnily enough, it is such a well known place name and so often mentioned in conversation that the fact that it is a perfect place to go to Bang your cock passes most people by.

[LaoPo]

Indeed, Payboy. It has always seemed to me the most obvious pun of a place name.

Funnily enough, it is such a well known place name and so often mentioned in conversation that the fact that it is a perfect place to go to Bang your cock passes most people by.

Indeed....if everyone would have to mention Bankok's real name nobody would have an 'appetite' anymore

"Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit"

LaoPo

[Kan Win]

Indeed....if everyone would have to mention Bankok's real name nobody would have an 'appetite' anymore

"Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit"

LaoPo

and in English

"City of Angels, Great City of Immortals, Magnificent City of the Nine Gems, Seat of the King, City of Royal Palaces, Home of the Gods Incarnate, Erected by Visvakarman at Indra's Behest."

Kan Win

[Kan Win]

And now back to the topic in hand

Should you by chance happen to visit Hua Hin

Or then in Phuket Koh Samui you could have a

and after a long day of f.......... and w........ you go back to your Resort

and confess.

Now Thai related 100%

Kan Win

Edit

Edited February 25, 2008 by Kan Win

[BigSnake]

[suegha]

Hilarious thread folks!

[Ping]

Not forgetting Phuket... when little known, people had problems with its pronunciation.

[Zpete]

Small minded cops in NZ made a guy remove the personalised .......

PHUKET

........plates from his car.

I was not allowed to have......

O410E.... or.... 0E14ME.........O is O, but.0 being nought

[Payboy]

always nice to meet at the corner of.....