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04 May 00 - 06:41 AM (#222808) Subject: F****ing Austria From: Tony Burns 'spaw's gonna love this one! At this site you can see the following.
Fucking Tourists Tourists are causing a lot of anxiety - and are costing money - to a tiny village where signs keep disappearing. What do the signs read? "Welcome to Fucking, Austria." Pronounced "fooking," the little hamlet of Fucking is named after the man who founded the village in the 6th century. His name? Focko. The town sign has been stolen seven times in the last few months. With signs costing several hundred dollars apiece, much of the tiny town's budget is being spent replacing the signs, says Siegfried Hoeppel, the Mayor of Fucking. He went on to express his hope that further thefts will be avoided through the use of increased concrete and ... bigger screws. |
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04 May 00 - 07:12 AM (#222810) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Wotcha When I was stationed in Germany, we attended a pub meal where part of the entertainment was provided by the host. He was fairly entertaining until some off color jokes parted his lips -- he hadn't quite gauged his audience. The lady next to me, a well meaning old German lady, apologized saying "Please, we are not like this at all in Germany ... he is from Austria..." Cheers, Gruss Gott Brian |
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04 May 00 - 08:15 AM (#222824) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: bill\sables While working in the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean in 1986 we found a pharmacy owned by a man with the name of Foo King so naturally every one had to buy something so as to get a paper bag printed with the title "FooKing Chemist" Cheers Bill |
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04 May 00 - 08:24 AM (#222827) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: catspaw49 You're right Tony....I love it! And as most of you are probably aware, not to far from "Mudcat Central" in eastern Pennsylvania, you can drive through "Intercourse" and its only a few miles to "Paradise." Spaw |
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04 May 00 - 08:39 AM (#222830) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Grab Last time I was skiing in Zell am See, Austria, there was an electrical shop across the road (fridges, etc) called "Electrodick". I believe it means something like "Big Electrical" in German, but... Grab. |
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04 May 00 - 09:09 AM (#222835) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: GUEST,James In Nfld you can go to dildo and come by chance.....both mixed blessings I should think. |
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04 May 00 - 10:38 AM (#222878) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Bugsy Funnily enough, I have heard that you get bigger screws in Fucking Austria! Cheers
Bugsy |
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04 May 00 - 10:51 AM (#222886) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Metchosin And there is an Upper Dildo as well, the mind boggles. |
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04 May 00 - 11:50 AM (#222920) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: catspaw49 Think you could help us out here with what the use of an "upper" might be? It does remind me of an old joke which I will refrain (for once) from telling. Spaw |
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04 May 00 - 12:21 PM (#222945) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Metchosin Don't know Spaw, and I'm not sure I want to speculate.
Like the tourists in Germany, I rented a car to drive out there, from St. John's, while I was working in Nfld. during the '70's, just so I could say I'd been to Dildo. My summer students thought I was daft and kept asking me "Why do you want to go to Dildo? there's nothing there!"
They were right of course. But during my stint in Newfoundland, I managed to take in probably one of the best Blues Bands I have ever heard in my life from Cornerbrook. (and I have had a front row seat in a small coffe house with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee) One never knows what gems you can find in unexpected places. |
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04 May 00 - 06:00 PM (#223164) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Wavestar I was so delighted to find a town in Scotland called Twatt... I nearly expired laughing. |
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04 May 00 - 06:09 PM (#223171) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: DougR Spaw: Isn't there a Blue Balls, PA also? Seems to me i've heard of it. DougR |
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04 May 00 - 06:31 PM (#223184) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: thosp Spaw ----- i didn't know about Drive Through Intercourse in Pa. ---- are they near McDonalds/BurgerKing ---- is it being test marketed? --- do you know if there are plans to expand? --- the New York market is so tight --i'd be surprised if they could enter! keep us abreast of the situation(or is that another thread?) peace (Y) thosp |
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04 May 00 - 06:43 PM (#223190) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Lady McMoo Those familiar with London might remember "R. Soles Shoe Repairs" in the King's Road, Chelsea Peace, mcmoo |
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04 May 00 - 06:58 PM (#223197) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Bugsy We've got an "Intercourse Island" in the North West of Western Australia. It'a a C*** of a place. CHeers Bugsy
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04 May 00 - 07:20 PM (#223211) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: SDShad I must admit, I'm really tempted to just unequivocally say, "oh, c'mon, Spaw, tell the joke." But I'm worried, just a little bit, of what might come our way if I did. A joke that Spaw won't tell..... *shudder* Musing, Chris |
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04 May 00 - 07:25 PM (#223214) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Bill D Colorado dilema ...as one can easily see, you can get to Climax without going by way of Fairplay..(Foreplay?), but it is hard to avoid Balltown...People used to steal the Climax road signs all the time) |
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04 May 00 - 08:02 PM (#223233) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Sorcha Well, it's not as funny as yours, but we used to have Hell, Wyoming, but they closed it. |
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04 May 00 - 08:10 PM (#223237) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Mbo We have Tickbite, North Carolina, drive by it every Sunday & Friday. --Mbo |
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04 May 00 - 08:15 PM (#223238) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Helen There's Phucket (pronounced Poo-ket')in Bali (I think, or is it Thailand?) And the German word for "father" is "farter" which caused untold merriment in our high school German class. Helen |
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04 May 00 - 08:16 PM (#223239) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Fadac Pffffffffffttt. (Whew!) When driving in Germany you have to fart a lot. To get on the autoban you einfart, to exit ausfart. Nothing funner than watching new drivers driving along on icy cobble stones. -fadac |
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04 May 00 - 08:20 PM (#223240) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Mbo Not to mention the yard service company "Asplundt", the various pronunciations of "Norfolk" and I think the German word for "Exit" is funny but I can't remember what it is....Helen, I've usually seen "Vater" but never "Farter"! Weeeeeeeeeeird! --Mbo |
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04 May 00 - 08:30 PM (#223244) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Irish sergeant Hi All: Helen, having taken German myself and having a great-grandmother who was Swiss-German, Vater is the correct word for father. Some of my favorites were road names. Little Neck Rd, Dam Neck Rd, Bird Neck Rd, All in Virginia Beach. Pig Farm Hollow Rd, Near Bowie Maryland and the all time favorite Dinglehole Rd, Baldwinsville, NY (Dinglehole just sounds vaguely scatalogical to me. Reguards, Neil |
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04 May 00 - 08:48 PM (#223257) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Petr In Vancouver we have B & E furniture right next to S & M auto. There was a company based in Norfolk and one of their product mottos was Its Norfolk and good. (its better if you say it fast) Cheers Petr |
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04 May 00 - 08:53 PM (#223260) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: sophocleese My brother and a friend sat down on the road they were laughing so hard when they got to Licenits in Czechoslovakia. I remember being delighted as a child to discover that in Finland you could get Super Piss for your car. |
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04 May 00 - 09:15 PM (#223266) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: GUEST,Lyle In north central Iowa, near where I used to live, there are two towns about 10 miles apart called Manly and Fertile. Newspapers had a field day when a "Manly Man Weds Fertile Girl." |
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04 May 00 - 09:26 PM (#223269) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Bugsy There's also a town on the way to the Goldfields called Ghooli. I've heard Ball games are quite popular there. Cheers Bugsy |
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04 May 00 - 10:26 PM (#223305) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: alison Phuket is in Thailand Helen, lovely place.. from there we went to Phi Phi (Pee-Pee) island....... just like something out of the old bounty ads......... slainte alison
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04 May 00 - 11:10 PM (#223322) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Escamillo There's an important city in South Brazil called PELOTAS, which means balls, the funny thing is that in Spanish, the phrase "estamos en pelotas" means "we are in balls", equivalent to ... " we are absolutely naked". So, polite tourist refuse to say what city they are in. Others like me, enjoy to repeat it. Un abrazo - Andrés (Short Spanish course: if I ask you "Cómo estamos", how would you reply?) |
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04 May 00 - 11:33 PM (#223330) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: catspaw49 So the woman walks into the "Sexual Novelty Store" and says to the clerk, "My husband has been out of town for a month and I'm going crazy without him. What have you got to help me?" The clerk reaches into the display cabinet and pulls out a 12" vibrator and hands it to the woman. She stares at it and says, "Oh my. What do you do with it?" The clerk says, "Just pretend its your husband. You'll love it!! Take it home and use it tonight and and call me tomorrow to let me know what you think." The next day the woman calls back and tells the clerk she used it, but now has another question. The guy says he'll be happy to help and what is it she wants to know. "Well, it worked fine," she said, "but do you know of a good dentist since now all of my teeth are broken out?" Spaw |
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04 May 00 - 11:34 PM (#223331) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: thosp todos esta bien e con usted? peace (Y) thosp |
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05 May 00 - 02:35 AM (#223376) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Helen My apologies, Mbo & Irish Sergeant. You're right about the spelling, but it was funny because it is pronounced like "farter". Oh, I just remembered one of the threads sometime in the last year where we were playing around with words and I started rabbiting on about "farticules", "farticular" etc and someone else - was it Andres, or MMario, made it up into a whole set of paragraphs. Anyone remember the thread it was in? After I posted the (wrong) German word for father and had gone offline I remebered that the German word for Grandmother is Gross-mutter (correct me if I'm wrong) so does this mean that Grandfather is a really gross farter? Helen |
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05 May 00 - 02:46 AM (#223378) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Sourdough Then there is the scene in the Hauptbanhof when the ticket agent asks if you would like a Rundfahrt. When it happened to me, I first thought he was being solicitous about my intestinal health but, no, he just wanted to know if I wanted a round trip ticket. Sourdough |
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05 May 00 - 02:52 AM (#223381) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Metchosin Did that happen in the little town of Badgeschmelt? |
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05 May 00 - 03:02 AM (#223383) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Sourdough No, but on my first trip to Germany I thought Munich was filled with a chain of hotels with the same name. I saw it stenciled on hotel front doors all over the city, "Hotel Eingang". After a bit, I did notice that these same hotels had another door. It was labelled "Hotel Ausgang". Only then did I catch on. Well, I never said I was a linguist. Sauer Dough |
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05 May 00 - 05:53 AM (#223407) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: GUEST,Auxiris Dare I mention that there is a town in France called Condom? cheers, Aux |
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05 May 00 - 07:04 AM (#223417) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: kendall there are three towns in Scotland, Tongue, Lick and Bun. John Gould, a Maine author, wrote that a "fahtmesser" is a sort of jack knife. When I was boarding foreign ships off the east coast to check for compliance with the International fishing treaty, we had a basic phrase book for many languages. The one for German was a bit much..on our departure, we were supposed to say "Goot faht" I just waved. And, what do you suppose "foot" means in German slang? |
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05 May 00 - 07:10 AM (#223418) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: kendall As they say in Newfoundland, Whale oil beef hooked.. (say it out loud) |
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05 May 00 - 07:18 AM (#223420) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: GUEST,Lee Did somebody say a town in France called Condom? Is it a naval town? If so is it full of semen? Lee |
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05 May 00 - 07:56 AM (#223427) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Dharmabum While playing in a bar a few years back, I mentioned that I was from New Jersey. A man with a southern accent spoke up and said," New Jersey,Hell If they was gonna give the world an enema, thats where they'd stick the tube". I felt compelled to set the record straight and pointed out to him that," That would acually be Newark, I live in West Testicle". Ron. |
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05 May 00 - 07:59 AM (#223429) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: GUEST,KingBrilliant In the South of England we have Pishill, and even more evocatively we have Alf's Piddle. Actually there are quite a lot of Puddles & Piddles. Kris
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05 May 00 - 08:23 AM (#223437) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Albatross There was the receptionist in a small firm in Derbyshire who regularly had to answer the phone and say " Hello Mycock's Electrical ". And there was a Derbyshire building company called "Peak Erection Ltd". How about some scandinavian names: Odd Willy Bent Axle Odd Bugge It's all in the name! Albatross |
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05 May 00 - 09:04 AM (#223451) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Billy the Bus Oh my golly gosh, I'm out-gunned before I start. B(r)est I can do from "Dunny-unner" is: Tutaekuri town name that means "Dog Shit" Sign-posts at Westport, that may link to this Fred...
Utopia Street> Or, in the same town....
Waters Lane> I resign, can't think of anything better than that from Kiwidom. Yours in contrition... Mas
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05 May 00 - 09:20 AM (#223458) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Patrish(inactive) In Cleckheaton - West Yorkshire we have a lovely chinese take-away called The Sha-tin. It doesn't inspire confidence in the cuisine. Patrish |
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05 May 00 - 09:21 AM (#223459) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: SDShad I'm so glad I asked, Spaw. Thanks..... *g* Hell may no longer exist in Wyoming, but you can still go to Hell in Norway. Trondheim, like so many modern cities, has an airport some distance away from the city proper. Hell sits between city and airport. So you literally have to go through Hell to catch an airplane in Trondheim. Chris |
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05 May 00 - 09:32 AM (#223466) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: GUEST,Auxiris Yes, there is indeed a town in France called Condom, though I can't remember just now exactly where it's located. However, I have heard that the object that now bears the same name was invented there. . . cheers, Aux |
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05 May 00 - 10:29 AM (#223495) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Albatross Then there was the famous line by that old english cricket commentator the late Brian Johnston: "....the bowler's Holden, the batsman's Willy...." |
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05 May 00 - 10:47 AM (#223504) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: GUEST,Wolfgang back to folkmusic: The local folk group in Fucking, Austria, is called "Die Fuckinger Senkrechtstarter". A "Senkrechtstarter" is a VTOL aircraft and the word is used in German for anything (anybody) raising very quickly. Wolfgang Hell (who uses his wifes last name in English speaking countries) |
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05 May 00 - 10:59 AM (#223513) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: GUEST,Lee Up until I was about thirteen I thought Wang King was a city in Southern Asia. Lee |
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05 May 00 - 11:02 AM (#223514) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: GUEST,Mrr My parents lived on Condom Street in Bangkok, and on the corner was a little cart selling Cabbages and Condoms ... And I'm glad someone else asked Spaw to "just tell the joke" - But my favorite street name is right here in Charlottesville (well, Stony Point area, if you want precision) - called Pinch 'Em Slyly. I kid you not. |
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05 May 00 - 02:53 PM (#223626) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: The Shambles There was a rugby player in the French side, a few years ago, whose name was Condom. He was the one wearing the strange head-protection. |
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05 May 00 - 03:23 PM (#223646) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Jim Dixon The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names does not list any place called Fucking, Dildo, Twatt, or Licenits. It does, however, list Dildo Key (an island in Florida), Blueball, MD; Tick Bite, NC; Phucket, Thailand; Condom, France; Intercourse, PA; Intercourse, AL; and 17 towns called Climax in various states. It lists 245 places that contain "Hell" as part of their names, for example, the towns called Hell, Norway; Hell, MI; Half Hell, NC; Hell Gate, FL; Hell Hollow, NH; Hell Town, MO; Hell-Ville, Madagascar; Little Hell Landing, SC; Merry Hell, MS. Most of the Hells are names of geographic features other than towns, for example, Hell For Certain Creek, in Kentucky. There is a Hell to Find Lake in California, a Hell To Get To Tank (reservoir) in New Mexico; various valleys and bays called Hell Hole. There used to be a town called Hell To Pay in Washington State, but they changed their name to Eltopia, apparently. There are numerous places called Suck, Sucker, and Sucking, including a town called Toad Suck in Arkansas and a river named Suck in Ireland. There are two Big Sucker Creeks, one in Minnesota and one in Michigan. There is a Dead Ass Cave in Virginia, and a Skinned Ass Canyon in New Mexico. There are several Big Butt Peaks, a Brushy Butt Peak in Virginia, a Butt Head Branch (stream) in Mississippi. There is a Sex Peak in Montana, and a Sexy Peak in Idaho. There is a Prick Pond in Maine. There are numerous mountains named Tit, or some variation thereof, for example Black Tit Peak, Alaska; Mule Tit Peak, Oregon; South Tit Peak, Idaho (but no North Tit, apparently); and there are several Squaw Tits (talk about adding insult to injury!). There is a Cads Crotch Basin in Utah. There is a Beer Bum Hill in North Dakota, and a Bummer Creek in Idaho. |
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05 May 00 - 03:44 PM (#223662) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Metchosin Well Jim, it may not list Dildo and Upper Dildo, Newfoundland, but I assure you that in 1971 those two outports were there and probably had a higher population than Toad Suck, Arkansas. |
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05 May 00 - 03:53 PM (#223667) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: catspaw49 Don't tell me I wasted that Dildo joke? Jim my friend, you have way too much time on your hands, which is a common ailing of a Mudcatter. Thanks for the research!!! There no longer is, but, only 20 or so years back, a town with a PO on the river not far from Chattanooga named Suck Creek. I think I still have a letter I sent to myself from there just to have the postmark. Southeast Kentucky is eaten up with different names, not sexual, but........Viper, Jean Ritchie's homeplace, is not far from Fisty, Mousie, Thousand Sticks, and Dwarf. Spaw |
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05 May 00 - 04:11 PM (#223677) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Metchosin I don't think the citizens of this little hamlet would like to think they don't exist click here |
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05 May 00 - 04:19 PM (#223684) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: catspaw49 Good Keericed Mets, I'm having a hemorrage here......The snot is blowing outta' my nose.............. Let's all take the ferry to Dildo island....My word what a sight!!!!! And Dildo ARM????? Must be a real mother of a dildo!!!!!! I need something postmarked from Dildo!!! Spaw |
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05 May 00 - 04:44 PM (#223692) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Metchosin I wonder if the Newhooks did figured out what to do with Upper Dildo?
On my search for Dildo though, I did find, sadly, that the route from Leading Tickles or Squid Tickle will no longer get you to HaHa, as the names have been changed to, Leading Tickles West, Burnside and Releigh, respectively. But why they changed the name of Little Seldom to Seldom-Little Seldom is beyond me. Ah Newfoundland, I love you. |
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05 May 00 - 04:49 PM (#223695) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Metchosin Oh Spaw, I've just wet my pants! Time for golf diapers. |
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05 May 00 - 05:56 PM (#223721) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: wysiwyg So that's Ole One Eye Bay up north there? No, wait, is that a dildo or a Sawzall blade?? ~S~ |
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05 May 00 - 07:10 PM (#223761) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: McGrath of Harlow A few miles up the road from me there's a village called Ugley; and a few miles off to the west there's another called Nasty. It's said that at one time there used to be a joint annual social event between the Ugley Women's Institute and the Nasty Men's Social Cluib, but I don't know about that.
I think I've told this on before, but it fits in here. NB the vowels are crucial, and vowel sounds in Southern England are very different from Northern England: There was a fanous Antarctic explorer called Sir Vivian Fuchs - and he pronounced his name as if it was spelt "Fooks", being a South England man.
Anyway he does to a ceremonial dinner up North, and the chairman of the dinner makes a welcoming speech - in which he keeps referring to him as "Sir Vivian Fuchs" - with a short "u", which meant the pronounciation was the same way Southerners pronounce the f word.
So after a while Sir Vivian leans over and whispers in his ear: "Actually, it's pronounced Fooks".
The dignitary looks shocked "I can't go saying "Fooks" - there are ladies present!"
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05 May 00 - 07:50 PM (#223780) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: MarkS There is a mountain range in the western part of the States called the Grand Tetons. The first Europeans through the area were from Spain. I will let somebody else do the translation! |
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05 May 00 - 07:58 PM (#223782) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Metchosin There are also the famous Paps of Glencoe, seeing we can't get away from breasts. |
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05 May 00 - 11:49 PM (#223885) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: GUEST,Jimmy Trying to get this thread back to music - check out John Forster's very funny CD "Entering Marion" in which the title track is based on the cute roadsigns you see as you cross the township limits in lots of New England villages. |
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06 May 00 - 05:56 AM (#223965) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Escamillo Speaking about funny geographical names, one thing always amazed me is the incredible family names that many people carry all their lives. I don´t know many of them in English, for example an English Admiral who came with the UK fleet for the Falklands/Malvinas battle, whose last name was Coward. There are many Butchers, Shoemakers, etc. but in Spanish and Italian, there are last names that (in my theory) were invented by priests and judges in medieval times to express their scorn feelings for those village people to whom they were giving a name. Casado = married man ; Diosdado = given by God ; Hurtado = stolen ; Pillado = catched ; Exposito = orphan ; Malo = bad ; Feo = Ugly ; De Cabo = of a platoon's leader ; De Coronel = of a colonel ; Cura = priest ; Del Papa! = of the Pope ; LaVirgen = of the Virgin ; Soldati = of the soldiers ; Brusco = rude ; Cardinale = of a Cardinal ; Paniagua = bread&water ; Malvestito! = poorly dressed. A famous one which originated a legal fight was the Italian Tontodimamma = fool for mother's legacy There were well intentioned inventions too: Bello = beautiful ; Angelico = angelical ; Benedetto = blessed ; Viejobueno = good oldman ; Bueno = good , and lots of neutral names: Moreno = dark skinned ; Rubio = blonde ; Grande = big ; Blanco = white and thousands of geographically inspired (my own) Magré, Da Costa = from the coast ; Del Monte = from the mounts ; Del Rio = from the river ; Maradona, Roma, Napoli, Madrid, Villanueva, etc. Guess the meaning of CASTRO ? (LOL) I pass. Sorry for the off-topic, and no intention to offend anybody called FEO. Mine could have been Uglyshortpretendingsinger and would've been true. Un abrazo - Andrés |
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06 May 00 - 11:04 AM (#224019) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Art Thieme This DEMANDS a song parody of Bob Gibson's dong "THE TRAIN TO MORROW Who can rise to the occasion? ---- THE ROAD TO FUCKING or something like that. Art Thieme |
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06 May 00 - 11:06 AM (#224020) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Art Thieme Of course, that ought to read "song---not dong. Art |
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06 May 00 - 11:10 AM (#224022) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Dave (the ancient mariner) Nothing beats the harbour towns in Newfoundland... Dildo, and Come-by-chance... LOL |
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06 May 00 - 10:09 PM (#224193) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: GUEST,meadow muskrat Near Portland Oregon you can take Hiney Road enroute to Wanker's Corner. |
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07 May 00 - 12:06 AM (#224222) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Mark Cohen In central Pennsylvania, where I went to medical school, the general geographic wisdom was that if you started in Bird-in-Hand and went through Intercourse, you'd get to Paradise; but if you took a wrong turn and missed Intercourse you'd wind up in Blue Ball. The town names are real, but I don't know if the directions are accurate. I had a teacher who'd been a community physician for quite a while before he was invited to join the medical school faculty. He always said he was going to write a book called "Thirty Years in Intercourse." And near my hospital now is a place called Peepee Falls, which is pronounced "Peh-eh peh-eh" by those who wish to be correct. Both of them. Aloha, Mark |
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07 May 00 - 12:20 AM (#224225) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: wysiwyg Art, I'm telling Bob! ~S~ |
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07 May 00 - 12:30 AM (#224229) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Brendy "Fart" is "speed" in Norwegian. There is a story about a famous Norwegian Ski Jumper, back in the '70's who was interviewed by an American sports commentator. When asked what his 'secret' was, he replied: "Well, first you have to have a big fart" In September last year, I played at the 'Hell Blues Festival' just outside of Trondheim. I stayed at the Hell Hotel. I got a late flight back to Oslo, and carting my guitars, I walked into a friend's pub just before closing time, ordered a pint, and when he asked where I'd been at the weekend, I was able to reply "I've been to Hell and back"!!! B. |
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07 May 00 - 03:27 AM (#224255) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Spider Tom Spider Tom here, I LIVE, downunder(Ooh eer! sounds a bit rude) We have the odd slang word which is, or has been known to have a different meaning, to what you may know in the U.S. However slight the difference, we somehow try to rise above the sultry sniggers of the morally bankrupt. I believe I can offer a solution to the problem they seem to have in Fucking. Their problem will continue, as long as we have slang words to describe the private "naughty parts" of the human(sorry, Hupersons' body). I'm embarressed already but must offer advice. Sadly through time , we somehow seem uncomfortable with nameing, both the sexual body parts, and or the acts associated with "Hideing the sausage". So what do we have instead? Most people don't speak Latin like a scholar, and we have found normal names for; the hand, the foot, the chin, even the mouth and tongue (Though thankly these were named before they were brought into usage as a complimentry part of the act of "you know,... funny business.") So though we know where we stand in discussing, other parts of the body, we tend to lay down, when trying to talk of THE OTHER BITS--(you know RUDE BITS!)(Is my face red?) So, I think that a gaggle of scholars,(classically trained, so they may actually know what the words mean in the first place)should be brought together from wherever they hide such people, together with a selection of NORMAL though not too prudish people, some could even be from both categories. They would then sit and search till they find a nice name for each act, or part. Perhaps they could call, F&%cking=bodysurfing, C##nt=Lilly of the Valley Prick=shrinking violet or NaNa! Of course they would encounter some difficulties as regionar variations MUST be taken into account, e.g. BOTTOM,(actually in the middle, the foot is at the bottom, thats not the bottom of the bottom but the far end many inches away from the Anus) And words such as BUM (which in the U.K., Aust & N.Z. means , bottom.. see above)and, fanny (which once again has a VASTLY DIFFERENT meaning in the U.S.) Though I tend to really like FANNY,which ever one, they they decide, there should be no confusion!(Hint a baby only comes out of one of them). I could go on (and often do) but all I am saying here is if we named everything properly, Then Fucking, would have no fucking worries! I do worry about you lot you may have RUDE MINDS, Feel free to call on me whatever the problem I am willing to offer my solution. Spider Tom.
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07 May 00 - 04:17 PM (#224390) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Ulli Have a look at this site to see how the citizens of the place that inspired this thread are coming to terms with their name Click here ulli |
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07 May 00 - 04:32 PM (#224392) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: sophocleese Spider Tom, I remember laughing myself silly when I read a book on potty training which stated very seriously that young children are capable of learning the PROPER names for things and therefore you should teach them to always use the PROPER names "urinating and bowel movement". What happened to pissing and poohing? |
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08 May 00 - 05:52 AM (#224573) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Spider Tom Sophocleese, what a marvelous idea. Why using the ideas from the book, we could take ages to actually communicate anything. So walking would become: leg movement, running=rapid leg movement, and sitting bending the bowels? Definate pause for thought(I mean thought movement) Spider Tom
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08 May 00 - 03:09 PM (#224768) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: GUEST I live 20 minutes from Bastard township....there was a movement a few years back to change the name, but the historians and locals wouldn't have anything to do with it. Kate |
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08 May 00 - 05:33 PM (#224838) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: poet Folk song were always filled with symbolism. for e.g. a bird = masculine sexual organ. a bush = female counterpart. This worked fine for hundreds of years until someone came with the expression:-- A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. Graham (Guernsey) |
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08 May 00 - 10:56 PM (#224994) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Brendy Ballyfuckeen - a townland close to Pallas Green, east Co Limerick Knicker - not to far away from Ballyfuckeen. Hospital - is also close by. 'Mon Limerick!! |
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09 May 00 - 12:33 PM (#225245) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: SDShad Brendy-- My great-great grandfather emigrated to Minnesota from Hell! Glad to encounter yet another who has, as you so correctly put it, been to Hell and back. I plan to go to Hell some time...before I die.... Chris |
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09 May 00 - 03:23 PM (#225365) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: InOBU Well, If you are not in F**king Austria, but rather in F**king New York, on May 17, come to the New Age Cabaret 23 St.Marks Place, from 8 - 10 PM and hear Sorcha Dorcha, a Foo King great band... (if I do say so myself...) Larry |
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09 May 00 - 03:56 PM (#225391) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: GUEST,Steve Latimer Haven't been to those other places in Pennsylvania, But I've had a beer at Uncle Bob's Tavern in Mars, Pennsylvania. They have a great old fashioned train station there (closed) with a sign simply saying Mars. I wish I had a camera on that trip. One of my favourite road names is Cobbledick Rd. in Ontario. I pass it quite often and it always brings up a weird mental image.
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09 May 00 - 07:19 PM (#225519) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Brendy Is that where those chocolate bars are made? B. Tomorrow, Larry, tomorrow!!! |
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10 May 00 - 11:57 AM (#225853) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Popular Halfwit During the 1960's all sorts of linguistic jokes were being played by companies making inroads in Europe (and still are). Rolls Royce had some difficulty selling their Silver Mist limo in Germany and Austria where people declined the privilage of driving a Silver Shit ! no matter how refined. When we were in Semmering Austria, we came across some lavatory paper called KOZY KRAPP and wish we'd saved some. (Paper that is). Last summer whilst returning from Italy my children used half a roll of film in the southern German town of WANK. Oh well. |
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10 May 00 - 02:16 PM (#225942) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: GUEST,Steve Latimer Brendy, I don't think that's where the Chocolate Bars are made, I think it has a population of about 5,000. Didn't see much in the way of industry. It's southwest of my other favourite Pennsylvania town, Zalienople. |
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10 May 00 - 11:11 PM (#226199) Subject: RE: BS: F****ing Austria From: Troll In Florida we have Two Egg, Sopchoppy, and Welaka. troll |