Trifter

Apparently, Austria is home to a small village called Fucking. It was named after the founder of the town, Focko. “Ing” is an old Germanic suffix meaning people, so the meaning of Fucking in this case is “Focko’s people”.

Tourists are creating many problems for this village – they keep stealing the traffic signs.For such a tiny village, the expenditure on replacing the signs makes up a large portion of their budget.

In 2004, because of the problem of the stolen signs and embarrassment over the name, a vote was held to change the village’s name, but most of the residents voted against this. Instead, the mayor has now decided to combat the problem in another way – by securing the signs in concrete.

The picture shows another sign in this village with a hilarious double meaning. “Bitte – nicht so schnell” is German for “Please – not so fast”. Its intention is to remind drivers to slow down for the children’s safety, but in this case, it has another unintended meaning.