# How will  news reporters say "Mr. Penis" on the air?(newly elected politician)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-news-reporters-say-mr-penis-on-the-air-newly-elected-politician/281467>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 24, 2004, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-news-reporters-say-mr-penis-on-the-air-newly-elected-politician/281467 "2004-12-24T13:25:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-news-reporters-say-mr-penis-on-the-air-newly-elected-politician/281467/42 "2004-12-28T20:55:54Z")

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> [@Ragu-leader](#):
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> [This](http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/austria.asp/) town in Austria is having to pay rather large sums of money to replace their signs because tourists keep stealing them.

Now that was interesting… 😉  
(the link didn’t work, for me anyway)

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-news-reporters-say-mr-penis-on-the-air-newly-elected-politician/281467/43 "2004-12-28T21:27:37Z")

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Try taking out the [trailing slash](http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/austria.asp).

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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-news-reporters-say-mr-penis-on-the-air-newly-elected-politician/281467/44 "2004-12-28T21:51:50Z")

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> [@Ludovic](#):
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> Try taking out the [trailing slash](http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/austria.asp).

Ah, thanks. That’s a good one, well worth the trouble. 😃

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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-news-reporters-say-mr-penis-on-the-air-newly-elected-politician/281467/45 "2004-12-28T21:55:22Z")

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I wonder if that’s where Ahnold’s from?  
Nah. Not likely.

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**Author:** ![SavageNarce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@SavageNarce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SavageNarce)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-news-reporters-say-mr-penis-on-the-air-newly-elected-politician/281467/46 "2004-12-29T13:28:58Z")

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Oh, those zany Austrians!

I had to stop and take a picture of on our l[this town](http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/MapCenter/Map.aspx?TextLatitude=39.45&TextLongitude=-98.907&TextAltitude=0&TextSelectedEntity=39070&SearchEnc=false&MapStyle=Comprehensive&MapSize=Small&MapStyleSelectedIndex=0&search=windpassing&MapStylesList=Comprehensive&ZoomOnMapClickCheck=on) 's road sign on our last trip to Austria. 😃

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**Author:** ![SavageNarce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@SavageNarce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SavageNarce)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-news-reporters-say-mr-penis-on-the-air-newly-elected-politician/281467/47 "2004-12-29T13:31:19Z")

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> [@SavageNarce](#):
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> Oh, those zany Austrians!
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> I had to stop and take a picture of on our l[this town](http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/MapCenter/Map.aspx?TextLatitude=39.45&TextLongitude=-98.907&TextAltitude=0&TextSelectedEntity=39070&SearchEnc=false&MapStyle=Comprehensive&MapSize=Small&MapStyleSelectedIndex=0&search=windpassing&MapStylesList=Comprehensive&ZoomOnMapClickCheck=on) 's road sign on our last trip to Austria. 😃

Let me rephrase :smack:

I had to stop and take a picture of [this town](http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/MapCenter/Map.aspx?TextLatitude=39.45&TextLongitude=-98.907&TextAltitude=0&TextSelectedEntity=39070&SearchEnc=false&MapStyle=Comprehensive&MapSize=Small&MapStyleSelectedIndex=0&search=windpassing&MapStylesList=Comprehensive&ZoomOnMapClickCheck=on) 's road sign on our last trip to Austria. 😃

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