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About AHC McDonald

Comedian, artist, photographer and critic. From 2007 to 2017 ran the culture and satire site The Worst of Perth

The Worst of Perth Live Sept 3rd

Skink made up this ad for The Worst of Perth Live show to be held at the Charles on Thursday September the 3rd, under the auspices of The Comedy lounge. Thanks Skink, although I actually requested Patti Chong and She-Ra … Continue reading

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Mr Fist

When I first started The Worst of Perth, I ran down to Murray Street to find the famous Mr Fist sign, but unfortunately it had gone. It was somewhere near the Bra Bar in Murray Street. The original was rendered … Continue reading

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No Computer No Cry

If you’re reading this, it means my computer has not been returned to me by the weekend, so no posts. maybe you should check out the marvellous Perth 6000 if you haven’t seen it. Next post mid morning Monday. BTW … Continue reading

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Wee Sanely

Perhaps there will be a flood of passive aggressives since Bento opened that door. Here’s one from Prince Angar of Avacal aka Ninefingers (really?). And one from Meccano. A sign like this would make me want to urinate all over … Continue reading

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Beauty and The Butcher

This is a lovely photo by Illusiver from the town of Brookton in the wheatbelt. Brookton’s famous Avenue de Beaute draws people from as far away as Corrigin and Shackleton. The butcher can do the odd botox treatment or bust … Continue reading

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Front Bottom?

Bento could only guess at the extremes of passive aggressive that went into these bin labels. There must have been months of post-its, emails and verbal pleas for people to PLEASE put the bins facing the road otherwise they won’t … Continue reading

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Send your old fonts to Africa

Jack found this in Ashfield and sent it in as a graphic design nightmare. How sad that charities and similar tend to use donated graphic design from people who are not familiar with the concept. Surely we can donate Papyrus … Continue reading

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Fright of the Phoenix

“Let me tell you a story. A rabbi and a priest attend a boxing match. They watch as the boxers come into the ring. The rabbi sees one of the boxers cross himself. So the rabbi turns to the priest … Continue reading

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Weekend Worstoff 65

Southern Girl saw this awesome worst fence in Port Kennedy. Strange. Timaru, New Zealand’s Bunbury is referenced again! (street). Meccano saw a niche business in Geelong that must be powering ahead in the recession. Those gold inlays must be flying … Continue reading

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Serving Suggestion

Electrical banana is going to be the very next craze Electrical banana is going to be the very next phase They call me Mellow Yellow… DonovanLeitch Keryn was wondering why there was no serving suggestion picture on the pack for … Continue reading

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