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Champ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 06:01 AM
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F*cking villagers vote against name change
F*cking villagers vote against name change

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.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_981264.html?menu=news.quirkies
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Qanisqineq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 06:04 AM
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1. that is fucking hilarious
I've never heard of that town but I would be tempted by the sign, too! (Shhhhh... if it disappears it wasn't me)
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 06:04 AM
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2. Sure that isnt Ahnold's hometown ?
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Champ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 06:59 AM
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3. kick
:kick:
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 07:51 AM
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4. Mr. F*ck? Bet he wouldn't get a Visa to Murka now...
I'm GLAD they voted down the name-change!
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truthspeaker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 07:52 AM
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5. They should cash in; make excess signs and sell them
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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-04 08:32 AM
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6. Are you sure this isn't satire?
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.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_981264.html?menu=news.quirkies


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