Austrian Town Seeking to Change Naughty Name
Published at(LONDON) — Some one hundred residents of a picturesque town in Austria are sick of the ribbing their town is getting from visiting tourists and prank callers a world away. The name of the town starts with an “F,” and ends with an “ing.” It rhymes with Bucking, reports the UK Sun.
From American soldiers stationed in Germany who take the cross-border ride just for pictures in front of the bold white and black sign reading “Fu**ing,” to constant thefts of said signs, and nude tourist photo ops near it, the mayor and the other townsfolk have had enough.
Mayor Franz Meindl tells the paper, “The phone calls are really the final straw. I always wanted the name to stay but it’s just got too much now,” before adding without irony, “The only problem is that we need all of the F***ing residents to agree to the name change.”
A town meeting next week will address just this. Top options for a new name include “Fuking” or “Fugging.”
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