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>>galonk+(OP)
"Don’t people have any sense of humour these days?” asked one OOeN reader.

Another noted: “They’re getting free publicity – they ought to have been happy to have a funny name."

Free publicity that leads to sign posts being stolen. For a tiny village of 100 people, this is likely a serious hardship. If it isn't bringing in more money than it's costing them, it's an attractive nuisance, not free publicity.

>>Doreen+eb
> In 2012, there were reports that the village of Fucking in Upper Austria attempted to change its name to Fugging through a referendum after receiving large amounts of prank phone calls from English speakers about the village's name.[3] According to these reports, they were unable to do so because Fugging in Lower Austria was already so named;

Prank phone calls are definitely more annoying than some tourists taking a picture at the town sign.

>>ithkui+eg
GP didn't say taking pictures, but that the sign was being stolen.

I do not know if this is true in the specific case but I have met idiots who stole street signs, so this seems at least plausible.

>>riffra+mG
I live about 5km away from Fucking. Their signs are _regularly_ stolen, even despite their countermeasures. They even stopped replacing way signs ( | Fucking > ) that were stolen.