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Austrians Don't Get British Humor
« on: August 28, 2005, 08:50:48 AM »
I just know our British forum members are the culprits here.... Tongue

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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/28082005/323/brits-driving-austrians-bonkers-rude-village-name.html

Brits driving Austrians bonkers over rude village name

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."
"I'm a foolish old man that has been drawn into a wild goose chase by a harpy in trousers and a nincompoop."

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« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2005, 10:02:55 AM »
I didn't think Germans got humor at all, let alone the Brit variety.
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« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2005, 10:44:47 AM »
jfruser, this isn't Germany, it's Austria. There is plenty difference albeit the official languge seems to be the same ;-)

As to German humor, have you seen Walter Moers' "Kleines Arschloch" cartoons?

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« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2005, 11:35:15 AM »
Dutchland, East Empire, they are both German speakers.

What's the shortest book in the history of the world?  The Giant Book of German Humor.
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« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2005, 12:11:05 PM »
I just google-earthed that sucker, it's real.  God, what a name for a villiage!!!!!
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« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2005, 12:11:09 PM »
I thought it was the book of Italian war heroes.

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« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2005, 12:49:21 PM »
German humor is about in the same category as French courage, British cooking, Israeli manners, Russian sobriety, and a few other jokes we all know.
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« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2005, 03:11:13 PM »
According to this site - http://places.jump-around.com/closest/search/ - I have a Bell End 6.4 miles away from me, which doesn't seem at all unlikely. The Bog is 32.6 miles away.

I had an Austrian girlfriend once. She seemed to find me quite funny.
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« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2005, 03:31:39 PM »
Hmm, apparently you Brits really dig the funny place names. The site Lain posted is for the UK, and when I did a Google search for others, the first page was almost all British sites. Cheesy

I'm not one to talk of course, as I could spend 24 hours a day cracking up while Moe hits Curly...
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« Reply #9 on: August 29, 2005, 06:56:34 AM »
In Heaven the English are the police.

In Hell the English are the cooks!

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« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2005, 11:04:40 AM »
Quote from: El Tejon
In Heaven the English are the police.

In Hell the English are the cooks!

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What's a European's idea of heaven?
It's where the English are the police, the French are the cooks, the Swiss are the bankers, the Italians are the lovers, and the Germans are the engineers.

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It's where the English are the cooks, the French are the engineers, the Swiss are the lovers, the Italians are the bankers, and the Germans are the police.

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« Reply #11 on: August 30, 2005, 11:55:19 AM »
In Hell the English are in charge of dental hygenie as well!
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« Reply #12 on: August 30, 2005, 01:08:28 PM »
Police in heaven? I'd rather not work when I get there.
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