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  • Brits driving Austrians bonkers over rude village name

    08/28/2005 10:01:02 PM PDT · by martin_fierro · 13 replies · 832+ views
    AFP/Yahoo ^ | Sun Aug 28, 6:33 PM ET
    Brits driving Austrians bonkers over rude village name Sun Aug 28, 6:33 PM ET 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. ADVERTISEMENT 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 criminal 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...