I don't know if this is true or not -- I found it in another newsgroup --
but it is too funny to pass up (apologies to non-English speakers unfamiliar
with vulgarity in English):


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."

PTravel <[email protected]> wrote:

    > I don't know if this is true or not -- I found it in another newsgroup --
    > but it is too funny to pass up (apologies to non-English speakers unfamiliar
    > with vulgarity in English):
    >
    >
    > 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.

I don't know if it's true either, but there's a funny story not
unrelated to the issue-

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/w...d_/4278513.stm

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Sorry to follow up to my own post, but a quick google search confirmed, at
least, the fact of the town:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/austria.asp

PTravel <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Sorry to follow up to my own post, but a quick google search confirmed, at
    > least, the fact of the town:

Oh, I thought you didn't believe the signs were being _stolen_. The town
has certainly been mentioned here before. Was it the news report that
referred to ****ing as F---ing, or was that you?

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"chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1h26gji.1rmx6hyv9xx1dN%this_address_is_for_sp [email protected]...
    > PTravel <[email protected]> wrote:
    > > Sorry to follow up to my own post, but a quick google search confirmed,
at
    > > least, the fact of the town:
    > Oh, I thought you didn't believe the signs were being _stolen_. The town
    > has certainly been mentioned here before. Was it the news report that
    > referred to ****ing as F---ing, or was that you?

It was the news report or, at least, the copy that I saw in the other
newsgroup. I don't doubt that the signs are stolen; I hadn't heard of the
town before and found the quotes in the article a bit too neat. I loved the
quote at the end:

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


    > --
    > David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net
    > usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk
    > photos at http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer

PTravel <[email protected]> wrote:

    > "chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy"
    > <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:1h26gji.1rmx6hyv9xx1dN%this_address_is_for_sp [email protected]...
    > > PTravel <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >
    > > > Sorry to follow up to my own post, but a quick google search confirmed,
    > at
    > > > least, the fact of the town:
    > >
    > > Oh, I thought you didn't believe the signs were being _stolen_. The town
    > > has certainly been mentioned here before. Was it the news report that
    > > referred to ****ing as F---ing, or was that you?
    >
    > It was the news report or, at least, the copy that I saw in the other
    > newsgroup. I don't doubt that the signs are stolen; I hadn't heard of the
    > town before and found the quotes in the article a bit too neat. I loved the
    > quote at the end:
    >
    > "Just this morning I had to tell an English lady who stopped by that
    > there were no F---ing postcards."

I wonder if there is a ****ing McDonalds? Are any towns in the UK
twinned with ****ing?

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    > I wonder if there is a ****ing McDonalds? Are any towns in the UK
    > twinned with ****ing?

There is.....

Badgers Mount, in Kent
Brown Willy, Cornwall
Chorlton Cum Hardy, Lancashire
Cockermouth, West Lake District, Cumbria
Cockup, Lake District, Cumbria
Great Cockup & Little Cockup (2 hills in the Lake District, Cumbria)
Lickey End, West Midlands
Titley, Herefordshire
Twatt, Orkney Isles
Willey, Herefordshire

And there is also this place:
http://www.cowdery.demon.co.uk/images/fannyhand.jpg

And there is Grope**** Lane that was(is?) somewhere around St Pancras
station in London.

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 13:18:08 -0700, "PTravel"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >Sorry to follow up to my own post, but a quick google search confirmed, at
    >least, the fact of the town:
    >http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/austria.asp

http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichel...y=9&productId=

Cheers, Alan, Australia

[email protected] (chancellor of the duchy of besses
o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy) wrote:

    >PTravel <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> "chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy"
    >> <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >> news:1h26gji.1rmx6hyv9xx1dN%this_address_is_for_sp [email protected]...
    >> > PTravel <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> >
    >> > > Sorry to follow up to my own post, but a quick google search confirmed,
    >> at
    >> > > least, the fact of the town:
    >> >
    >> > Oh, I thought you didn't believe the signs were being _stolen_. The town
    >> > has certainly been mentioned here before. Was it the news report that
    >> > referred to ****ing as F---ing, or was that you?
    >>
    >> It was the news report or, at least, the copy that I saw in the other
    >> newsgroup. I don't doubt that the signs are stolen; I hadn't heard of the
    >> town before and found the quotes in the article a bit too neat. I loved the
    >> quote at the end:
    >>
    >> "Just this morning I had to tell an English lady who stopped by that
    >> there were no F---ing postcards."
    >I wonder if there is a ****ing McDonalds? Are any towns in the UK
    >twinned with ****ing?

And there is a Danish city called Middelfart.

Kristian

Alan S wrote:
<<http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichel...y=9&productId=
Cheers, Alan, Australia>>


Hi Alan,

For such long links, you can use the programme "TinyURL". It shortens the
long address into a tiny one. So, the one you posted, using "TinyURL" would
become http://tinyurl.com/dfq7t. Don't worry; it will take you exactly to
the same page.

The way to do this is very simple:

1) Open the programme http://tinyurl.com/ and type the long address in
the field "Enter a long URL to make tiny".

2) You will get a short version INSTANTLY!!

Isn't it brilliant?

C ya,

--
Andrea

On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 09:51:50 +0100, "Andrea"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >Alan S wrote:
    ><<http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichel...y=9&productId=
    >Cheers, Alan, Australia>>
    >Hi Alan,
    >For such long links, you can use the programme "TinyURL". It shortens the
    >long address into a tiny one. So, the one you posted, using "TinyURL" would
    >become http://tinyurl.com/dfq7t. Don't worry; it will take you exactly to
    >the same page.
    >The way to do this is very simple:
    >1) Open the programme http://tinyurl.com/ and type the long address in
    >the field "Enter a long URL to make tiny".
    >2) You will get a short version INSTANTLY!!
    >Isn't it brilliant?
    >C ya,

Thx Andrea.

Sometimes I jist gets lazy....tinyurl is an extension on my
Firefox:-)

Cheers, Alan, Australia

On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 09:51:50 +0100, "Andrea" <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >Alan S wrote:
    ><<http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichel...y=9&productId=
    >Cheers, Alan, Australia>>
    >Hi Alan,
    >For such long links, you can use the programme "TinyURL". It shortens the
    >long address into a tiny one. So, the one you posted, using "TinyURL" would
    >become http://tinyurl.com/dfq7t. Don't worry; it will take you exactly to
    >the same page.
    >The way to do this is very simple:
    >1) Open the programme http://tinyurl.com/ and type the long address in
    >the field "Enter a long URL to make tiny".
    >2) You will get a short version INSTANTLY!!
    >Isn't it brilliant?

Actually, its even easier than that. I have the Tinyurl link saved in
my favourites.

If you're already at a page with a very long URL, clicking on the
TinyURL link in favourites automatically takes you to the Tiny URL
page with a tinyurl already created for the page you just came from.
Don't have to type the long URL in at all, or even cut and paste it

Brian

On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:56:07 +0100, bigbrian <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 09:51:50 +0100, "Andrea" <[email protected]>
    >wrote:
    >>Alan S wrote:
    >><<http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichel...y=9&productId=
    >>Cheers, Alan, Australia>>
    >>Hi Alan,
    >>For such long links, you can use the programme "TinyURL". It shortens the
    >>long address into a tiny one. So, the one you posted, using "TinyURL" would
    >>become http://tinyurl.com/dfq7t. Don't worry; it will take you exactly to
    >>the same page.
    >>The way to do this is very simple:
    >>1) Open the programme http://tinyurl.com/ and type the long address in
    >>the field "Enter a long URL to make tiny".
    >>2) You will get a short version INSTANTLY!!
    >>Isn't it brilliant?
    >Actually, its even easier than that. I have the Tinyurl link saved in
    >my favourites.
    >If you're already at a page with a very long URL, clicking on the
    >TinyURL link in favourites automatically takes you to the Tiny URL
    >page with a tinyurl already created for the page you just came from.
    >Don't have to type the long URL in at all, or even cut and paste it

It doesn't do that with Firefox. Which browser are you using?
--
Martin

Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

    > On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:56:07 +0100, bigbrian <[email protected]>
    > wrote:
[]
    > >Actually, its even easier than that. I have the Tinyurl link saved in
    > >my favourites.
    > >
    > >If you're already at a page with a very long URL, clicking on the
    > >TinyURL link in favourites automatically takes you to the Tiny URL
    > >page with a tinyurl already created for the page you just came from.
    > >Don't have to type the long URL in at all, or even cut and paste it
    >
    > It doesn't do that with Firefox.

It does, but you have to have it installed.

http://www.roundtwo.com/product/tinyurl

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bigbrian wrote:

<< Actually, its even easier than that. I have the Tinyurl link saved in my
favourites. If you're already at a page with a very long URL, clicking on
the TinyURL link in favourites automatically takes you to the Tiny URL page
with a tinyurl already created for the page you just came from. Don't have
to type the long URL in at all, or even cut and paste it - Brian >>

Yeah, well, actually that's what I wanted to explain to Alan, but you've
done it better than me ;o) so thanks a million! Mind you, I've also got the
TinyURL page that automatically turns the long address into the short one
saved in my Favourites. I just gave him the link to the TinyURL homepage,
not to the "create" one... which BTW, was also veeeeeery loooooooong ;o)

Thanks again, Brian!

--
Andrea