Jackie sent this picture which was just perfect for Christmas Eve. A staff recommendation for a Christmas literary gift in Borders Perth. Update: A nice grovelling apology from Borders below who must have been horrified to receive a complaint/enquiry from a journo named Cohen.
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Godwin’s Law, TLA. You lose.
Merry Xmas, anyway.
As we are talking about bookstore signage, here goes…
At a bookstore in Subiaco- which shall remain nameless- I had the gall to ask about a book I was trying to find.
Elizabeth, if you are going to be so rude, learn to spell FFS
http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab223/lipkrieg/Ifyouaregoingtoberudeleantospell.jpg
can you just imagine someone asking“got something , by hitler”,for a light christmas read?.
I had a phone call from a woman last year who wanted a copy of Mein Kampf for her father-in-law, an Austrian, who apparently had ‘read that other one… Shindla something’
I see that you have tagged it as Perth, Hitler, mein kampf
interesting to see what sort of pond life that brings to the surface
you should have added tags for ‘anal, holden, fisting, andrew bolt, refugee’ just to be sure you attract the right sort of person
Don’t forget Uncatetorisable.
google ‘Perth Hitler’ and this page comes up seventh.
first place goes to Lib MP Peter Abetz saying that the new stop and search laws are a good idea because that’s what Hitler would have done.
if that’s not scary enough, there is a picture of Mark McGowan, who looks like Himmler.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/11/2740160.htm?site=perth
indeed, Abetz himself a touch of Himmler about him. I think it’s the thin cruel lips. Plus his uncle was a bona fide Nazi.
Great Uncle, Skink – and we all know Brother Eric got himself all knotted up over a certain email fabricated by one Godwin Grech :-)
NO mention of Adele snubbing the ALP at the Freo Greens Xmas party Frank?
Read it, proves she’s a Lib in Greens Clothing – Tofu eaters are being conned – my predictions were indeed correct :-)
Queen Adele will be a one poll wonde if she keeps up playing footsies with Crazy Colin – especially in light of the lead transport issue.
hefty cleavage on show in the paper today
no doubt the Greens are aware they will get a lot further if they put up someone who looks like a Lib than one of the usual hairy hippy crackpot brethren:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/6865257/Pagans-celebrate-winter-solstice-on-the-wrong-day.html
Nice one, skink. I’m reminded of my first year in Fitzroy Crossing when it was laconically discovered that NAIDOC Week had been held in the wrong week. In Fitzroy, every week is NAIDOC Week.
Lighten up Frank: didn’t the Brits and the Krauts swap cards and play football on Christmas Day or something like that?
Cessation of hostilities and goodwill to all (Green) men and women?
Not on your nellie – Those Tofu eating Pot Smoking ferals can go and play with Crazy Colin and can get randomly stopped and searched in the Fremantle CBD for all I Care.
They decided to sup with the devil – they can suffer the consequences all by themselves.
And I’m not the only person who has issues with Queen Adele :-)
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/12/18/morgan-59-41-7/comment-page-47/#comment-382871
The Greens answer to La Chong :-)
sorry. great uncle, one goose step removed
I was getting a bit of a Goebbels vibe Skink.
best keep him away from the children, then
Ve hef vays to mek you tok.
that’s the wrong Abetz
same Uncle, mind
Oops.
I googled ‘Hitler’ and ‘Nollamara’ and got this from Hansard:
Mr KIERATH: The point I am trying to make to the member for Nollamara is that if someone is determined to break the law, there must be must be a mechanism to prevent that from happening. This provision will do that, but -
Mr Kobelke: Just think about what you have said.
Mr KIERATH: What?
Mr Kobelke: You want mechanisms to stop someone who is determined to break the law from doing so.
Mr KIERATH: Yes.
Mr Kobelke: Hitler could not do that. He exterminated millions, but he still could not stop people who were intent on breaking the law from doing that.
(waiting for 1PM to roll around, knockin off time, cool the tinnies, etc.)
Should it not read “Bad Mind, Great Execution”…
Speaking of Mein Kampf: anyone see the Hitler Yoof episode of the Einstein Factor?
You are all a bunch of pussies.
If The Furor was here you wouldnt be all so smug. Ha ha ha! making fun of his moustache? Shows what you know? It has a health benefit you know? The extra hair acts as a filter for the nose. Do some reading before you all open your mouthes.
Shut up the lot of you before i come to perth and do it for you.
PUBLISH THE COMMENT YOU PUSSY!
Yeah, you tell ‘em WhiteGary!
http://www.yahbon.com/albums/userpics/10003/normal_hitler-moustache-feminine.jpg
In WhiteGary a piss take?
Sometimes I just find it hard to tell the difference between stupidity and irony on the internet.
Unfortunately, phreestyle, the only decent trolls these days are on eBay.
There’s a name for that.
You’re not the only one.
Apologies if this posts twice – the first attempt seemed to disappear into the ether.
I told you it would bring pond life
I bet he owns a bayonet with a swastika that he bought from East Germany on ebay.
it’s a shame that a mouth breather can’t spell mouth, or the title of his hero
is he really going to come here and cause a furor?
And he’s a moderation martyr, to boot.
Five bucks says his threatened journey to Perth would start in Gympie.
you mean the “bunbury of queensland” gympie?
would say you are right on the money there.
The one and the same, mp. I’ve not been there, but it has been an in-joke shorthand for redneckery ever since shazza, her judgement somewhat ‘impaired’, many years ago purchased an astounding magazine written, published and distributed out of Gympie. The feature article, IIRC, was a diatribe accusing John Laws of being a communist shill.
The bumper stickers you could order from the back page would offend even the AWOL FIFO brigade.
Is Gympie likely to live up to my hopes and dreams?
What was that mag called? I kept that publication for years, throughout many house moves, such was the astounding content.
This reference( League of Rights publication) cover it Shazz ? Bottom of page.
http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s200853.htm
That could be it Bill.
I believe it was called ‘Lock, Stock and Barrel’. It was written, edited, published and distributed by one Ron Owen.
Say what you will, you can’t fault his superb animation.
It was indeed.
Oh Bento, it may even exceed your expectations.
It was the first place the commander and i ever happened upon a “muggacino” – an appalling coffee, imitating a cappucino in a large mug. It’s worstness only amplified.
My first view as we pulled into town was a shopping trolley on the roof of a bus stop.
We of course considered this to be a fine example of the local street arts.
To complete the picture perfect imagery, there is an inordinate amount of flannel to be seen through out the main street and beyond.
You are lulled in by the bogan free nature of Noosa, then quickly slammed back into the reality of Queensland with a short drive up to Gympie.
A delicious irony indeed. “Go the Gymp!”
i read that as him saying he was going to come here and do some reading for us before we open our mouths.
Count on curious for all your forensic editing needs…
I, too, read it that way.
I appreciate the offer, but it depends what he is reading to us.
mein kampf obviously.
the one with pictures.
wayne?
Is that you buddy?
I too am a big fan of the Furor (note the avatar).
Stick around and chat awhile.
No, I reckon this ones got more of an ‘Our Nikki’ quality about him.
You think white gary was a bouncer at a strip club where the “furor” did shook his ass in lederhosen?
It’s a horrible thought.
Führer. Spelling!
Don’t blame me…
cntrl C cntrl V
Anyone who recommends a book by Hitler using the word ‘execution’ has had a taste bypass.
Actually, scrap that.
Anyone who recommends a book by Hitler has had a taste bypass regardless of the words they use.
I don’t know phreestyle, I reckon historically it’s an important book. It’s kind of like being an athiest and reading the bible to better understand the content and context of Christianity as a historical movement.
or reading Tony Aboot’s autobiography whilst on the toilet, to better understand the content and context of the Liberal Party as a bowel movement.
Yer right Shazza.
I read it when I was in uni, because it was a significant book – in terms of its impact and the insight it offered into the man.
Stylistically it could be described as turgid and mindbogglingly racist. So, I would argue, significant yes. Great not so much.
Punctuation!
It’s damn tricky stuff.
i would be very interested to know how borders define ‘great mind’.
not that i shop there anyway.
Agreed curious. Iv’e never found narcissistic, meglomania with more than a hint of psychopath to be the dominant feature of most great minds. Most have a reasonable dollop of insight. Most, not all, I reiterate.
‘great mind’
is it Ray Martin?
he has great insight and intellect without a hint of narcissism
Greatest Australian before Fritzl.
http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Josef_Fritzl
You know you’re scraping the barrel when even I find your comic stylings offensive.
Das ist nicht eine booby!
I’ve had a letter from Borders!
‘Dear David,
‘Thank you for your email and for alerting me to this problem. As you might have noticed, the sign used in Borders Perth was hand-written by one of the staff members in store. I agree it was completely inappropriate and – as soon as we were made aware – this sign was removed. This issue has been escalated immediately within the Borders business and the individuals responsible for the signage in the Perth store have been spoken with at length and have offered their apologies for any offence caused.
‘At Borders we do our best to empower not only our store managers but all our staff to make their own recommendations to customers and our personalised shelf signage is designed to facilitate that process. Unfortunately, in this case the result was entirely inappropriate.
‘Please accept my profuse apologies on behalf of the entire Borders team.’
dobber
Just trying to drum up more business for your union bully boy mates, eh?
I love that in Bordersland the authority to write your own sticky notes is described as ‘empowerment’.
I really do think it’s nice they give their staff such creative license. I hope that practice doesn’t stop because of this whole nasty business.
I must confess that if I was some poor McJobber at Borders and was ‘empowered’ with a few blank cards, the temptation to write something mischievous and facetious would be irresistable.
Maybe see who could be the first to encorporate the word ‘cunt’ into the recommendation.
While we’re on book recommendations, anyone with kids could do far worse than to check out the wonderful Curious Pages.
I was going to recommend ‘Dougal the Barbage Dump Bear’ as my favourite book to read with the kids, but I just googled it and discovered they have made it into a fucking musical
is nothing sacred?
at least it wasn’t written by Ben Elton
I have tolerated your completely inappropriate anti-union gibes all week in good humour.
Any more and I will have to escalate immediately the issue.
I look forward to accepting your profuse apologies on behalf of the entire Mt Lawley metrosexual balcony-living team.
Speaking about Unions and worsts are we not going to make mention of a certain gentleman languishing in Bali after importation of some green? And trying to blame a union set up as the culprit? Or is that too controversial even for TWoP?
Maybe Outrage can get an original out of focus shot of him using a bucket bong.
Let me apologise to the poor cunt who has been hauled over the coals for merely throwing some petrol into the maw of the cultural juggernaut The Worst of Perth.
Before long everone in Perth will be too scared to do anything… what with the spectre of TWOP hanging in the air. TLA you have created some kind of Worst panopticon.
Is Perth going to descend into a state of inertia?
Oh hang on…
And Mandurah too.
Did crikey pick this up themselves or were they pointed in its direction?
TLA has mange and has affected his brain, cross-promotion methinks
Borders went bust today. Outrage really should have picked up that extra copy of Mein Kampf.
there’ll be plenty of those for sale on the sidewalk bookshops of delhi.
i understand that angus and robertson have also gone bust.
Sorry guys, I missed your comments before posting link, below…
is this book a import from Germany or Poland?
Probably a local copy, with an extreme mark up.
Which would explain this:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/borders-angus-robertson-collpase/story-e6frfh4f-1226007697222
Just pointing out utterly uncharacteristic Legend post.
Wow. I’ve stopped reading TL posts for content, only proof each one. But you’re right. Maybe he has the History Channel on at home?
Ooh check it out no moderation. Who should I defame first?
Still moderated. I just hapened to be preparing tomorrow’s and saw it come in.
Bah
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German?
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It really is the perfect gift:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/dec/23/mein-kampf-perfect-present-waterstones?INTCMP=SRCH