http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050828/wl_uk_afp/britainaustriaoffbeat

LONDON, (AFP) - British tourists have left the residents of one charming Austrian village effing and blinding by constantly stealing the signs for their oddly-named village.


While British visitors are finding it hilarious, the residents of F---ing are failing to see the funny side, The Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported.

Only one kind of crimimal ever stalks the sleepy 32-house village near Salzburg on the German border -- cheeky British tourists armed with a sense of humour and a screwdriver.

But the local authorities are hitting back and with the signs now set in concrete, police chief Kommandant Schmidtberger is on the lookout.

"We will not stand for the F---ing signs being removed," the officer told the broadsheet.

"It may be very amusing for you British, but F---ing is simply F---ing to us. What is this big F---ing joke? It is puerile."

Local guide Andreas Behmueller said it was only the British that had a fixation with F---ing.

"The Germans all want to see the Mozart house in Salzburg," he explained.

"Every American seems to care only about 'The Sound of Music' (the 1965 film shot around Salzburg). The occasional Japanese wants to see Hitler's birthplace in Braunau.

"But for the British, it's all about F---ing."

Guesthouse boss Augustina Lindlbauer described the village's breathtaking lakes, forests and vistas.

"Yet still there is this obsession with F---ing," she said.

"Just this morning I had to tell an English lady who stopped by that there were no F---ing postcards."

This is seriously one of my favorite news articles of all time. The reporter must have interviewed every single F---ing resident to get some of those quotes.

Yes, I saw this on Snopes a little while ago.

F---ing hilarious.

Reminds me of that boner strip from the Batman comics. That guy just had to roll with it.

Aaaaaaaah the British.... Is there anything they won't do?

Fix their breath? Oh lolz.

Roflmao!

i knew that this is what it would be about. The bulk of the cities budget is set aside to replace the sign.

the British steal signs from anywhere, it's a national pasttime.

Hahahaha, I want a F---ing Sign!

OMF---ingG :banned:

I want to go to F***ing! I want to go to F***ing!

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uuuummmm......nope :p

I once stole a bunch of traffic cone lights with a friend at University, we then proceeded to his halls of residence...please bare in mind it was 2am in the morning,

I waited outside while he then turned on all of the falls showers to hot and left the door open for a few minutes, they filled the hallway with steam, layed all the lights along the hallway flashing, in the end all you could see was the traffic cone lights orange glow...

he then proceeded to run around shouting "Fire Fire" and knocking on peoples doors...

surfice to say some people came out their rooms and ran for the nearest exit screaming like mad men/women, while others who actually twigged what was going on started to beat the c**p out of him....he ended up being dunked in a bath tube full of cold water by the end of it all, still with his clothes on...they all saw the funny side of it...after a few weeks.

Are they firing you? You could get a job in F---ing!

BUDUMPCHE RIMSHOT

In our old student house, we had various metal letter signs we had snapped off shops when drunk.

yes, we brits REALLY do love stealing signs

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Yes, that and putting traffic cones on statues.

Austrians > Brits

Martians > earthlings

Pie > *

It's not just the Brittish, I'm sure.

Christ, you guys got pissed when we threw the tea in the harbor, yet you steal any sign you can find?

I would post a picture of one sign of F---ing that has some german stuff on it, but I'm afraid of bans.

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The greatest boner of all time.

Be nice to the French? (other than dating them )

That is ****ing hilarious.

LOLORZ! Not only are the Brittish stealing signs (again!) but it seems that those that live in F___ing pretty mad about it as well, stealing those F___ing signs.