TheWordWire.com: Stop Messing with Lord Focko's People, People

Stop Messing with Lord Focko's People, People


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The poor villagers of F*cking, Austria are fed up with F*cking tourists. So the F*cking authorities have installed cameras to prevent people from acting out in front of their F*cking street signs.

It's not funny. This is a real problem. I read it in The World Travel Guide and confirmed the story in a variety of quasi upstanding-looking sources. Regular readers know that I was disappointed not to find a link to the F*cking Paper. Still, this is a real town on the map, so I'm inclined to believe it.

But I'm not sure how much installing cameras to deter exhibitionists will actually help. This is sort of like turning on a porch light so you can see the moths to shoo away. It's a curious strategy for a town that just wants to be left alone.

The people of F*cking put their pants on one leg at a time like everyone else. There's nothing special about it. They're just the modern residents of a town named for the 6th century noble, Lord Focko. Please, people — If you travel to Austria, leave Lord Focko's people alone.