Fucking Vandals!
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The Austrian town of Fucking is back in the news again. People just can’t control the urge to swipe Fucking’s street and road signs.
Wikipedia says:
The settlement of Fucking has existed since at least 1070 and is named after a man from the 6th century called Focko. “-ing” is an old Germanic suffix indicating the people of the root word to which it is attached; thus Fucking means “(place of) Focko’s people.” The village has a population of 107.
Fucking’s most famous feature is a traffic sign with its name on it, beside which tourists often stop to have their photograph taken. It is a commonly stolen street sign.[5] Significant public funds have been spent on replacing the stolen signs.
In 2004, mainly due to the stolen signs, a vote was held on changing the village’s name, but the residents voted against doing so. …
Fucking’s citizens aren’t going to put up with the thefts anymore:
“I’m sure each of them think they’re the first to think of it but believe me they’re not. We’ve grown very tired of it and we’re doing something about it,” said one fed up resident …
“We are a very traditional community and we find this sort of public display shocking,” they added.
Now CCTV cameras are going up above the town name signs to deter tourists from going all the way.
“It might make them think twice and just pose for a picture instead,” said one hopeful resident.
Village sick of living in Fucking
Of course there’s a fair chance those determined to have Fucking signs will damage the cameras. Maybe Fucking should start selling official Fucking street signs.
