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The Austrian village's street signs are regularly stolen even though they are welded to steel posts set in concrete.
Mayor Franz Meindl said: “The phone calls are really the final straw.
“I always wanted the name to stay but it’s just got too much now. The only problem is that we need all of the F***ing residents to agree to the name change. Everyone needs to agree for it to happen.
“As you can imagine there are heated discussions about the name change.â€
Drivers heading into the village have often spotted naked tourist couples romping in front of the name signs.
Local entrepreneurs have made the situation worse by flogging F***ing postcards, F***ing Christmas cards and even more recently F***ing Beer.
Residents voted to keep the name in 1996 despite problems caused by American servicemen from across the border in Germany who drove to the area just to be photographed in front of signs.
They then sent the snaps back home to their girlfriends and wives.
Around 100 villagers will this week hold a meeting to decide whether to switch the name to either ‘Fuking’ or ‘Fugging’.
If the change goes ahead, they will be following in the footsteps of stadium bosses in Switzerland who were forced to change their name because red-faced stars were too embarrassed to play there, in Wankdorf.
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The move came after a growing number of calls by pranksters from abroad who ring up locals and ask “Is that F***ing†— before bursting into laughter and hanging up.enough of F***ing[h=2]People living in Austrian village to
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Rude ... the village of F***ing's street sign
The Austrian village's street signs are regularly stolen even though they are welded to steel posts set in concrete.
Mayor Franz Meindl said: “The phone calls are really the final straw.
“I always wanted the name to stay but it’s just got too much now. The only problem is that we need all of the F***ing residents to agree to the name change. Everyone needs to agree for it to happen.
“As you can imagine there are heated discussions about the name change.â€
Drivers heading into the village have often spotted naked tourist couples romping in front of the name signs.
Local entrepreneurs have made the situation worse by flogging F***ing postcards, F***ing Christmas cards and even more recently F***ing Beer.
Residents voted to keep the name in 1996 despite problems caused by American servicemen from across the border in Germany who drove to the area just to be photographed in front of signs.
They then sent the snaps back home to their girlfriends and wives.
Around 100 villagers will this week hold a meeting to decide whether to switch the name to either ‘Fuking’ or ‘Fugging’.
If the change goes ahead, they will be following in the footsteps of stadium bosses in Switzerland who were forced to change their name because red-faced stars were too embarrassed to play there, in Wankdorf.
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