Weekend Worstoff 93

Posted on January 30, 2010 by AHC McDonald

“Shonquice”,  resident at Perth 6000 has a Nowegian friend who snapped this church in Karratha, one of the vilest towns in the country. Check out the lovely photo of derelict Perry Lakes on S’s blog too. David M sent in this artwork from Midland. No shot up the dress David?Phill saw a nice chair tagging in was it Cannington? Ironically a pathetic attempt to make a lasting reminder in the city, now will be remembered for ever here after all.And Dani saw some nice signwriting. Worst well.

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Sea Shepherd, Irrational Hatreds #4

Posted on January 29, 2010 by AHC McDonald

It just gets harder to be a supporter of these crazy anti whalers. They seem determined to to make as many people as possible sympathetic to Japanese harpooning. I have, in the past been a sort of passive supporter of their activities, not because of whales, but because it seemed that the whole exercise was designed around getting a root. Young people united in a cause, tossing, tossing, tossing together on the high seas. Would hardly be time enough to save whale one what with having to throw a leg over or under every 5 minutes. The scuppers must running wet from activst juices day and night. However, the whole enterprise now seems to have been skewed towards making themselves look like dickheads. Having your speedboat run over by a whaler, giving your boats dumbarse names. Claiming to have been shot by Japanesers… Thanks to Shazza, for throwing her ethical considerations to the winds to get me this photo of The Steve Irwin. Respects. Are those zombies trying to get through the wire? UPDATE: Richarbl got some great shots too which I am adding. Awesome.

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San Simeon

Posted on January 29, 2010 by AHC McDonald

When Charles Foster Kane died, he said just one word -…Rosebud, just that one word, but who is she…What was it?… Now what does that mean?…A racehorse he bet on once…Yeah, that didn’t come in…All right, but what was the race? Citizen Kane

Curious sent this fine worst, the upper part of a stone San Simeon rising from a Rose garden. I’ve always thought that Gloucester Park must be ball deep in worst, but have never been inside the place. In any case, I was born a Pure Steel man. This is a horrible sculpture.

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Engogement

Posted on January 28, 2010 by AHC McDonald

If you’ve got a ring ie a circle, it is only ever going to be suitable for an “O” typography wise. Two hearts as “M’s” is horrible, but your o will never be an a. NEVER I tells ya! Or is there a missing “r” to spell engorgement? In that case, it might work. From Bento.

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Melville is the answer

Posted on January 28, 2010 by AHC McDonald

He piled upon the whale’s white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Dick Piercy down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart’s shell upon it. Herman Melville.

If Melville is the answer, then the question must be, “How do I get all Dick Piercy on your arses?” From WAtching. I’m sorry Toyota, but the answer can never be Melville. Never!

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Longreach Death Race Ace

Posted on January 27, 2010 by AHC McDonald

Here he comes, Machine Gun Joe! Loved by thousands, hated by millions! Death Race 2000

WAtching spotted a panel van that swoops out of the sun to take out wheelchairs, cats and others unfortunate enough to get in range. No dogs though. The numberplate added to the worst, so I left it. Was there a donger/coathanger aerial WAtching?

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Donger Mania

Posted on January 27, 2010 by AHC McDonald

I walked the bike path from Victoria Park to Maylands last week, and it’s donger mania. The stencils seem to be a magnet for donger enthusiasts. The first one apart from having an extra long appendage appears to be wearing a cruet set in the style of Anubis or Osiris rather than the traditional taking of. The word “soap” seems to have been blanked out also.

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Happy Australia Day Dog T Shirts

Posted on January 26, 2010 by AHC McDonald

With so many grand submissions, I thought I should submit something of my own for Australia Day for a change. May your flags not flag. May your Hahn Ice not turn lukewarm. Gooseberry Hill.

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Hangi Honey?

Posted on January 25, 2010 by AHC McDonald

Outrage Cohen saw this at his local (Now that the Guildford is an SAS live firing range) The ‘Ling. It could be connected with 2 recent tweets. Is it a Brozebo or a covered Hangi pit?

Buried Hangi “slow cooks forever”. Council workers in Timaru inadvertantly laid a concrete path over a buried hangi. Returning from pub…
“Brozebo” refused planning permission. Part of the Men’s Sheds project, the Brozebo where men can stand in the shade and talk about chicks…

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The Rustbelt

Posted on January 25, 2010 by AHC McDonald

IT: An’ we did wheelbarrow racing, while waiting for lighting setups, you know what I mean..?”
MP: What you mean..?
IT: You know, wheelbarrow racing, you know? You Brits don’t have that here? C’mon!
MP: No, no, we do, we do. Like at fetes and ah, we’d have it at ahh, village sporting contests. At school. I’m not sure how it works in America…
IT: I don’t know what a fete is, but you do them from behind, you do them hard, and you’re holding their butt way off the ground while you are standing, like at that level and their hands are on the ground. While you’re doing them. Wheelbarrow racing? Do I have to explain it?
MP: Let’s ask Clive James.
Ice Tea & Michael Parkinson. Parky’s Last Interviews

Now this is what Perth historians of the distant  future will be glad to find in the State Library archives, the confirmation of their hypothesis that Perth people once used the carcasses of wheelbarrows as stands for their letterboxes. From L Asivious. A nice photo of a classic worst. Wanneroo Rd Balga.

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