There’s something rather touching about this picture by Hovean of matching old Volvos sharing a shed in Darlington in the Perth hills. Two Volvos, looking as safe as a donger wearing two condoms. I was only saying the other day how I had never had a worst from Darlington, Perth’s original artist colony, where a painter might have gone all plein air on on our arses in the 40’s and 50’s. Perhaps even in the nude. Plein air is French for “outside” for those of you who are not Rob Broadfield, (or even David Bromfield).
Hovean says… A great summation of how good it can get in the Perth hills (Darlington). His and her Volvos tail to tail yet discreetly apart. Nearby a drum of lube, or maybe biodiesel. The knee braces on the carport posts combine with coloured cappings and clipped corners on the roof to suggest a disciplined yet friendly autonomy.
None of which really makes up for the fact that these plonkers have matching Volvos. Great traditional worst Hovean. I love it.
twice the safeyness
Hovean.
The Worst of Perth 
Aint that sweet, His and Hers shitboxes
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I see you haven’t gone to gravatar yet Rch
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I did register with gravatar TLA but to change it I was asked to empty my cache, thought about it for a while then decided not to.
Its taken me ages to collect all those guns, ammo, drugs, money and baked beans
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And what is that gravatar? A clam?
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A clam? Have you been drinking again?
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A salmon, eating a hockey puck, with a guitar neck in the background?
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Salmon? Hockey puck?
Are you over at TLA’s place drinking again?
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I really can’t tell what that is.
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if you ever drop by vivo, go to this hokkaido shop on the same level as candy empire.
its like one of my heavens on earth.
plenty of fresh sashimi choices and you even get to eat live clams.
Then, you elderlys can ask Jesper for sweets.
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Dreadful work, Snuff – but rather hilarious, too…
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Oh I hate it when my arms arch too.
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Our lady’s deep sense of irony seems to be wearing thin, Snuff. I think you may have almost broken her. Just a few more pokes with a stick should do it.
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I must say, Bento, I’m sick to death of people feeling entitled to look at my private thoughts and pictures, just because I posted them on the internet.
And please try spelling correctly, people. I have it on good authority that efficiency is spelt efficieny, fundamentalism is spelt fundementalism, interesting is spelt intersting, and name is spelt same. Get these wrong, and you’ll look a right moran.
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Well, now I am confused. Today my authority has changed three of the four spellings to match my no doubt incorrect ones. Fortunately, name is still spelt same, deranged is spelt derranged, is is spelt if, challenge is spelt challange, and average is spelt avarage.
This svenkage is tricky stuff.
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You are the sound of one pen tapping, Snuff.
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Quite often also spelling, DFOC.
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If these poor cunts go mental, it won’t be my fault.
I didn’t check the pingback from svenkage land on the 10c piece. i assume this all refers to that?
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There’s absolutely nothing to concern yourself with, TLA. The master, at his ironic best, (as you can see), was just complaining about spelling.
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Good, so it’s all under control then?
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Thank you TWOP for finally listing my suburb. Do you think the cars are swapped around regularly to ensure even fading of the paint work or could this be a new two tone fashion?
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I have a friend moving there soon, and I was going to get him to redress the lack of Darlington worsts, but Hovean has filled the gap. Surely for the sake of safety, 2 sheds are called for?
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Sweet nothing. What I see here is a stand off!!
1 shaded car spot. 2 cars.
During winter they probably agree to a temporary truce but come summer it’s going to get real ugly.
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That comment says something about your own life shazza :)
To me it is more reminiscent of Emma Peel and John Steed.
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I’m with you on this one, shaz. Clearly passive aggressive … (they’re Volvos, for f*ck’s sake).
Marvellous, TLA, but whose ?
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A Scando standoff.
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I have visions of the two Volvos bumper-to-bumper in reverse, smoke billowing from the tyres, as Mr & Mrs Safer Darlington lean out the windows shaking bejeweled fists at each other, in a battle for the shade as the scorching easterlies howl across the hills.
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Poetry.
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Yes, that is a beautiful, and quite possibly accurate picture. Somehow I think sex wipes would be involved. Love is a battlefield.
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or the battle for cover in winter to avoid the iced over windows.
very mr and mrs smith.
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Yes Bento that’s just the picture I had i mind.
I also suspect at some stage last summer they alighted from their respective volvos, taking to hand to hand combat. That large stick on the roof was probably Mrs Safers weapon of choice until Mr Safer desperately wrenched it from her grip and hurled it upwards to prevent imminent carnage.
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Speaking of Vehicles, I hope a keen TWOP’er will get a snap of the LIbs “Debt Truck” which Turnbull launched here in Perth ? :-)
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and obviously also the ‘knob truck’…
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not to mention the Godwin “Retchie” Wretch truck complete with flying emails.
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I just got an email from the Ass to Ass Guy, and he approves.
http://www.stanleyherman.com/
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I just got an email from the “Ass to Ass Guy” and he approves of the parking arrangements.
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“on on our arses”
Is this a sort of revving-up sound?
ON, ON!
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