Author Archives: AHC McDonald

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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

Bedpanned

In the 1980’s, there used to be many businesses – carpet and furniture floggers mostly, who used to add a christian fish to their signs. Now it seems to be down to this last couple of botherers on Great Eastern … Continue reading →

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Something Rotten in The State of Rottnest

Another excellent submission from David Cohen of Rottobloggo. You’re becoming TWOP’s West Bank correspondent David. When The Lazy Aussie was a young Rotto visitor, there was a dark and seedy amusement centre behind the latticed milk bar, with worn pool … Continue reading →

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Rainblow

Beware the amateur signwriter. If one approaches you, and you don’t have a nail studded cricket bat, tell them you have already decided on microsoft clip-art. Is that lizard licking..? No, no, couldn’t be. No seriously, beware of them. East … Continue reading →

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Squeal like a Pig

New guest submitter Nettie lives very close to Australia’s ugliest church, the Purple Jesus Monster in Eden Hill. I don’t know whether to be surprised that it’s almost next to The Rangeview Tavern. Nettie writes… Behold The Rangeview Tavern, Eden … Continue reading →

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Cold Tinnie

I have had at least 5 nominations for this Curtin University object. Two questions come up when people see it for the first time. 1 “What is it?” And 2, “What’s that shit all over it?” What it is, is … Continue reading →

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In The Heat of The Day

I’ve got a few guest submissions to get through this week. David Cohen of RottoBloggo sweated through the Galleria in 40+ degrees, but in his torment remembered TWOP. Practice phone camera photojournalism in case he’s ever somewhere interesting. Like a … Continue reading →

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Dircksey?

Look, I’m as supportive of Edith Cowan as the next man, but finding out she was called Dircksey, makes me want to question whether she really was the first woman in parliament. Hey Dirksey, could you drop a new donk … Continue reading →

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Two Fingered Salute

Golden1 sent these shots that really take me back. This is San Leone, who is paraded around Kalamunda by the Italian catholic community in a ceremony that goes way back to – well, Italy. In the 1970’s he was imported … Continue reading →

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Clock Suckers

People have different triggers which can send them into a gibbering rage. For some its’ the use or misuse of apostrophes’, but for others it’s public clocks which are stopped or wrong. If you are one of these, don’t go … Continue reading →

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Himmler, had something simmler

Has the boom reached such an extent that some Perthons would actually be in the market for this neo Third Reich side table? I’d go for a giant plasma or V8 ute myself. The only way it could look good … Continue reading →

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