Wisconsin Tourism Federation changes name after internet jokes

[Liberal_in_LA]

WTF? Wisconsin Tourism Federation changes name after internet jokes :rofl:

The Wisconsin Tourism Federation has changed its name, after being made aware that its acronym WTF had become crude internet slang.

The federation has changed its name to avoid the WTF acronym

The body charged with attracting more visitors to the midwestern state will now be known as the Tourism Federation of Wisconsin (TFW), in an attempt to put a stop to the jokes.

It seems that the federation was unaware of - or unconcerned by - the modern meaning of WTF until its acronym featured on a blog that compiles unfortunate corporate logos earlier this year.

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But the federation's corporate makeover is only partial. Its website is still listed on Google as the Wisconsin Tourism Federation, and the first button beneath the logo is titled "About WTF".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/6242687/WTF-Wisconsin-Tourism-Federation-changes-name-after-internet-jokes.html

[liberal N proud]

1. ..

:rofl:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

2. What the federation?!?

[Louisiana1976]

3. Hilarious!

[ezgoingrl]

4. HA HA!!!!

My son will get a kick out of this! Thank you!

[imdjh]

5. Treasure Island Transit System

[anigbrowl]

6. The should have made it Federation of Tourism in Wisconsin

[LTR]

7. ...

:wtf:

[TankLV]

8. WTF?!!!

[drm604]

9. Hmm... We should come up with an impolite acronym for TFW

and popularize it.

[Swamp Rat]

10. I thought it was The People's Judean Front?

[kath]

22. No, you moran! It was the Peoples' Front of Judea.

[Sinistrous]

11. Don't forget the Spring Hill Institute of Technology.

[Kaleva]

12. Finlandia University-FU

http://www.finlandia.edu/

[ShortnFiery]

13. Oh no! Don't Change ... Please Don't Change!

:spray:

[Kaleva]

14. FART: Fire Alarm Response Team

According to the job advertisement, if you wish to work in maintenance and repair at the Sheraton Overland Park, you will be expected to "Perform all duties required as Fire Alarm Response Team." You'll have a lot of other work to do, but knowing you're part of a FART will give you a warm feeling.

[hfojvt]

15. come on guys

there's no such thing as bad publicity.

it's also the first thing people think of when they see a cheesehead.

[Electric Monk]

16. pen island . com

[juno jones]

17. Escape to Wisconsin. n/t

[LeftHander]

23. haha....in Minneapolis people would cut the "to" from that bumper sticker....nt

[rucky]

18. What are they thinking?

They could've become an internet meme if they hadn't changed their name.

[lutefisk]

19. The OGC logo mentioned in the WTF story made me LOL

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1901656/OGC-unveils-new-logo-to-red-faces.html

[MarthaM]

20. They kind of make this sound like this is WI's Dept of Tourism...

... and it's not. I never heard of it until this thread (I live in WI). Not that it's a big deal, but it just makes it sound like it's our state's official Dept of Tourism, and it's not.

[Warren DeMontague]

21. Wisconsin, home of the Bong Recreation Area.

[LeftHander]

24. Richard Bong was a WWII Ace....flying P-38 Lightning...

40 kills. He was killed in a flight test of the P-80 before the war ended.

[Warren DeMontague]

25. I know.

But that didn't stop myself and countless other teenage pilgrims on our way to see the Dead at Alpine Valley in the 1980s from interpreting that sign in a completely different fashion.