Sort of goes without saying, dunnit?

[drwex]

The mayor of Fucking, Austria, campaigned to rename his village. "The only problem," he said, "is that we need all of the Fucking residents to agree to the name change."

Well... yes. Exactly.

If it helps, the proper pronunciation of the town name is "Fooking". thinks... Nope, that doesn't help.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/04/a-small-town-wants-to-change-fking-name/

Comments

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

It would be kind of awesome if my Austrian ancestors were from Fucking. But no, they were Viennese. :)

[kimberlogic.livejournal.com]

this provided a very-much-needed laugh
thanks!

[dpolicar]

I remember going through this riff when we started working with a client in Phuket, but that's even better.

[dcltdw]

Part of my brain wonders, "so... how... does a town get a name like this?"

That's when one neuron piped up in response, "Well, when a girl town and a boy town like each other very much, they--"

That's when the rest of my brain forcibly ejected that neuron from my skull. Oww.

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

;laugh

[dr-memory.livejournal.com]

Best line of that article:

"Plus, their road signs keep disappearing. Municipal officials confirmed to ABC News that village signs were regularly stolen no matter how firmly they are anchored in concrete."

[vibrantabyss.livejournal.com]

Man, I'd pay good money to live there....