Welcome to FUCKING, Austria
The mayor of an Austrian town named “Fucking” is pleading with tourists to stop stealing its road signs for souvenirs.
“Fucking has existed for 800 years, probably when a Mr. Fuck or the Fuck family moved into the area,” said Siegfried Hauppl. “We all know what it means now, but for us, Fucking is Fucking we don’t give it a second thought.”
Two other Austrian towns, Windpassing and Wank-on-the-Lake, have similar problems, he added.
Google Earth and Mapquest confirm that the town Fucking actually exists. It’s a few hundred kilometers north of Salzburg.
This sign carries the hilarity even further: “Bitte nicht so schnell!” is German for “Please not so fast!” (Evidently this type of sign is a commonplace reminder in those parts for drivers to keep their speed down to protect children, but the unintended double meaning in this case is particularly amusing.)
In case you were wondering if this is an urban legend, nopes this ain’t
August 21st, 2005 at 6:41 pm
Fucking, Austria
Via arZan:
Stolen road signs are a big problem for the Austrian town of Fucking.
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August 29th, 2005 at 2:25 am
Hello
this is the funniest thing i have read tonight so far.
thank you
salendra singh
December 29th, 2005 at 3:31 pm
Rather than ask people to stop stealing the signs, why not start making them and selling them as souveniers
May 7th, 2006 at 11:23 pm
I agree with you B.P.
The town would make good money of that I think
September 14th, 2006 at 10:17 am
Until recently I’d never imagined something like this could be real, this is the funniest piece of new information I have ever read. I agree, they should make the signs to sell as souvinirs. Oh, I also found that when the villagers of F***ing say the name of their village, it’s prounced “Fooking.” !
October 16th, 2006 at 2:10 pm
I would LOVE to go to Austria some day. Beautiful country.
Fucking I’m sure is pretty, too. I might have some relatives there??? “Fick” is a German name. I think it’s pronounced Feek. ?? One day I’ll be a Fick in Fucking!!!
October 18th, 2006 at 8:43 pm
I’m sorry… this is ONE OF THE FUNNIEST things I have ever found out about… I guess being English helps as I think most first-language English would find this quite humourous – sure hope the people living there have a good sense of humour and that their FUCKING signs stop being stolen!! Maybe some day we will visit – that would be quite an experience to tell others about…. thx for the laffs!
October 20th, 2006 at 9:00 pm
Oh I love this article. This is way too easy off the top of my head:
“STOP STEALING OUR FUCKING SIGNS”
“KIDS GO PLAY IN THE FUCKING STREETS”
“But mommy I dont want to be in the Fucking choir”
“Let me see if I get this right. You work for the Fucking sewer department?”
“Where’s the Fucking mail man?”
“How many times do I have to tell you kids, go to Fucking School!”
October 25th, 2006 at 2:27 pm
haha!
October 28th, 2006 at 11:22 pm
Yes, I guess you’d feel right at home there, Steve, as “Fick” is the exact German translation of the English word “fuck” (noun)..
October 31st, 2006 at 3:20 pm
Ya, und I know zat. Das ischt good! How the Fick are you?
I had a shop teacher in college, who was German, approach me and tell me that was the translation. Great! I won’t be able to set foot in Germany!!
November 8th, 2006 at 1:27 pm
“please put the fuck signs back”
New sign on display “Stop fucking with the signs”
man this place can lighten up on the world map..all it needs is this sort of publicity !!!
December 6th, 2006 at 11:49 am
Personally I like INTERCOURSE, PENNSYLVANIA, USA. BLUE BALLS, PENNSYLVANIA, USA is right down the road in case you can’t get to intercourse
January 10th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
***BLUE BALLS, PENNSYLVANIA, USA is right down the road in case you can’t get to intercourse***
Climax, NC…just in case you do.
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January 17th, 2007 at 11:39 am
you can always go to Big Bone Lick State Park in KY
February 4th, 2007 at 1:01 am
I love Geography…
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February 13th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Why dosen’t the fucking community set up a shop that sells the road signs a souveneirs,this way thay make money and stop the fucking signs being jerked off;-)
February 20th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
ppl would still steal the signs!!! its an adrenaline rush! u said jerked off ha ha…
February 28th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
you will be surprized of how many bad and funny words change meaning from one language to another with the same exact pronounciation, eg:
air (english)
er (turkish)= soldier
air (arabic)= male’s genetiles!!!
June 5th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
hi! ok… i’m Laurent… i’m from argentina… I am interested in this city that is called ”Fucking” because is so cool.. jejeje… i wanna live there in a future…
well… i speak spanish but i know some words in english…. well i go away
bye
GO ARGENTINA!!!!!