07-09-2004, 07:12 PM
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Fucking villagers vote against name change
Residents of an Austrian village called Fucking, 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 Fucking is Fucking - and it's going to stay Fucking - even though the signs keep getting stolen."
He said the name came from Mr Fuck 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.
Local newspaper editor Menhardt Buzasa said there had been an increase in the number of signs being stolen, and said British tourists were usually blamed.
"I do not agree it is just the British. Fucking is universal. Germans use it as much now as the British, and it also means the same to the Americans, Australians and anyone in the English speaking world," he said.
Similar votes on a name change have taken place recently in neighbouring Austrian towns Wank am see and Petting, as well as in Vomitville and Windpassing.
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07-09-2004, 09:16 PM
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good for them! they SHOULD be proud of their villiage name 
but i have a confession...if i saw a sign that said "welcome to the villiage of fucking" i'd just hafta snag it.   |
07-09-2004, 09:51 PM
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Turn it up!
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The village of Fucking was featured in a photo in one of Paul Young's albums, one that someone took of Paul while they were on tour...of course, the version I saw had been censored, with ** in place of the "uc"...
I would like to known as "Mr. Fuck"...& my mama could be "Mother Fuck"...
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07-10-2004, 03:56 AM
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Just me.
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Now if they were really smart, they could sell "Town Signs" and make a profit on their name. Hmmmmm.
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07-10-2004, 09:48 AM
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Turn it up!
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by dicksbro
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Isn't that where one goes after too many brewskis?
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07-10-2004, 08:03 PM
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Kick His Ass
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very nice
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07-12-2004, 03:26 PM
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is not this trim anymore!
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by dicksbro
Now if they were really smart, they could sell "Town Signs" and make a profit on their name. Hmmmmm.
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How do you think Mr. Fuck made his fortune...he was a sign maker! 
"Hello, I just called to let you know your Fucking sign is ready. Do you need some Fucking directions? And the invoice is COD, so we can't release it without a Fucking check."
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07-16-2004, 04:45 PM
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is not this trim anymore!
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We were born involved in one another.
For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.
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