Fucking villagers vote against name change

[Teddy_Salad]

Residents of an Austrian village called F*cking, have voted against changing the name.

The 150 or so people who live in the village debated the issue after roadsigns kept being stolen - many by British tourists.

Spokesman Siegfried Hoeppl, said: "Everyone here knows what it means in English, but for us F*cking is F*cking - and it's going to stay F*cking - even though the signs keep getting stolen."

He said the name came from Mr F*ck and his family who settled in the area 100 years ago, and added "ing", meaning village or settlement.

The villagers didn't find out about the English meaning of the word until Allied soldiers stationed in the region in 1945 pointed out the alternative meaning.

...http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_981264.html

[JohnLocke]

1. ROFL (nt).

:P

[SmileyBoy]

2. I know all about Fucking, Austria, but...

The man who founded the village was Mr. Fuck???

I wonder if that surname still exists in some places...

[TheMightyFavog]

3. You yanked this off of morons.org, didn't you?

BTW, I believe that the town is pronounced foo-king.

[texas1928]

4. I just love

F*cking is F*cking, sounds like some friends I know.

[Catch22Dem]

5. Why censor the word?

I mean, the name of the town is Fucking, is it not? It sure isn't F*cking. Do they think they'd be hurting our eyes? What about the children living in Fucking? Are they required to hold their thumb out and close one eye to cover the "u" so they don't see the actual word? I mean, what the FUCK? Talk about FUCKING stupid!

[SmileyBoy]

6. "Fucking" doesn't mean anything in German.

But I agree, even in English, why censor it???:shrug:

[jeff30997]

7. Imagine the conversation you would have after going there...

-Hi Bob! I heard that you went to Austria last summer? What did you enjoy the most over there?
-Fucking.


Hey!I think the governor of California was born there.That makes him a Fucker i guess.:evilgrin:

[HEyHEY]

8. I love a good story about fucking