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Old 10th September 2019, 09:18 PM
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I've never visited f**king but I've seen numerous photos of that sign over the years.

Apparently British tourists frequently steal the signs:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/0...ustrian_signs/



The UK has it's fair share of funny place names too:
https://www.indy100.com/article/thes...uk--W1at5pZXmW

Minge Lane reminds me of one of the late great Kenny Everett's characters ...

I believe the story goes that the BBC hadn't realised that his popular character, Cupid Stunt, was a spoonerism for something rather offensive. Once they did realise they insisted he change the character or the name. In response he suggested a new character called Mary Hinge, which they agreed was much better.

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