[ithkuil]

> 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.

[riffraff]

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.

[ephaeton]

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.

[usrusr]

Almost seems like a privacy hack, living in a place that direction signs cannot point to. Makes me wonder if they were ever close to getting blanked out on Apple maps.

The brewery might lose some business long term, but for now they surely benefit from another lap in the news machine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking_Hell

[tasogare]

While the demographics stealing the sign might not totally overlap with those willing to pay to it, the village should consider opening a souvenir shop.

[chrisseaton]

Why should they do that? Why can’t they just get on with their lives in peace instead?