Austrians Say: 'Quit Stealing Our F*cking Signs!'

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/15/06 at 11:26pm

Guesthouse manager Augustina Lindelbauer described the village's breathtaking lakes, forests and vistas. "Yet still there is this obsession with F*CKing," she said. "Just this morning I had to tell an English lady that there were no F*CKing postcards."

Germans Not Amused

AFP

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 F*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 F*CKing signs being removed," the officer said.

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


The local authorities are hitting back with the signs now set in concrete.

Local tourist guide Andreas Behmueller said it was only the British that had a fixation with F*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 1955 film shot around Salzburg.) The occasional Japanese wants to see Hilter's birthplace in Braunay."

"But for the British, it's all about F*CKing."


We don't know how severe the stolen sign problem there really is, but Austria is indeed home to a town called 'F*CKing' (48' 03"N 13' 51"E). Pronounced "fooking," the little hamlet of F*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)

Germans Not Amused

Updated On: 12/15/06 at 11:26 PM

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 12/15/06 at 11:34pm

For want of a decent gift shop...

[StageManager2]

Posted: 12/15/06 at 11:36pm

Imagine if the von Trapps had lived in F*CKing* instead of Salzburg.

*How come that's not blocked out, but when I try to type C****nay it doesn't let me?

Updated On: 12/15/06 at 11:36 PM

[Calvin]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 12:40am

The Austrians should start descending en masse upon Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Yeah, it's in Wales, but...close enough.
Updated On: 12/16/06 at 12:40 AM

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 1:25am

SM2, F*CKing is a beautiful European destination, whereas ****s are something dirty and shameful. Now go to your room and think about your sin. He will burn you.

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 1:37am

I would so buy a F***ing street sign.
And I have to try this for myself: C****nay. Is it censored?
ETA: Holy cow!

Updated On: 12/16/06 at 01:37 AM

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 1:52am

Yes, Rose. I discovered the ChArDoNnAy thing entirely by accident, but it has amused me to no end.

The very fact that someone predisposed a bunch of theater fans to commonly use the word **** enough to include it in the automatic filter...

[Calvin]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 2:07am

What about chardonnay?

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 2:14am

Dude...teach me.

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 2:18am

Oh F*CKing Austria you, Calvin. Not all of us are are as clever as you at figuring out ways around the BWW filters as you. Especially not on our third glass.

[Jon]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 8:32am

My dad used to make business trips to Cockeysville, Maryland.
Updated On: 12/16/06 at 08:32 AM

[Elphaba]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 12:45pm

it's pronounced fooking anyway, like eww......not uh

Now a sign from Climax, MI.......that would mean something!!

[kec]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 2:26pm

What about a sign from Intercourse, PA?