‘Fucking’ Village To Vote On Name Change
0Residents of the Australian village of Fucking will cast their votes later this week on whether or not to change the town’s name.
“People are now willing to discuss changes to the spelling of the name,” Franz Meindl, the village’s mayor, said in a television interview. “But first all F—ingers have to agree on whether want to change it or not.”
The village has been around for centuries, but it wasn’t until US troops stationed in the area at the end of the Second World War when the name became a constant source of amusement for tourists.
The name change is due to the constant badgering the town has received – everything from stealing signs to taking naked pictures at town hall have pushed the villagers too far.
Experts say the town’s name is derived from ‘Focko’, a 6th century Bavarian nobleman.
