Smoke and Mirrors

How many worsts in this shot? Orrong Road, Americas cup numberplate, a SHEET as a back window, exhaust emanations like “the flame and smoke of Navarino”.

How about lace?

How about lace?

And another car. Free graphic design strikes again? Look at the bunions on that mother!

harrietscu

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Lasseters Gold

When the nurse comes round with this, you better produce gold, or it’s big catheter for you.

What, from here?

What, from here?

And I just had to show you this Twitter post from mario64 to inspire Curtin students. Ai ya!

yes, don't bother studying.

yes, don't bother studying

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Bunbarians at the gates

Despite having visited Bunbury for decades, I think I had blocked out this monstrosity, the sculpture of Lord Forrest, Baron of Bunbury next to the pissoirs in the main street. I thought it must be a recent eyesore, but the company sponsors indicate otherwise. Boans, Chrysler, Perth Building Society etc. It is in the modern style of crap sculptures though. Maybe it was a forerunner of the arse boozie? There was a slight smell off piss too, but this must have been from the auto toilets. Why was the occupied sign flashing for an hour? The ghost of John Forrest taking a prostate restricted long Jimmy?

The branch of the twig

The branch of the twig

Apparently Forrest was missing the rear of his brain.

forrest2

And a pie bag stuck in the ear is probably the best you could hope for. Could have been overflowing with Bunbarian semen and condoms. Vic, don’t tell me…

forrest3

forrestplaque

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Weekend Worstoff 30

I’ll be in Bunbury for some of today, so I’m packing an extra 8gig hi speed card for the camera, because, well it’s Bunbury.

Liam sends an amazing link from Realestate website of what at first looks like a dull house in Padbury, but turns out to be a dull house with a poledancing studio. Go through the “other images” to get the gold. Image removed. TWOP strikes again?

Poledance in Padbury

Poledance in Padbury

And Hugh Jass submits attempted magic spell to open liquorland. Thanks Huge.

Open Sesame

Open Sesame

Mat sent me some lovely shots of Perth taken by his mum in the 70’s. Amazing that the convention centre area looks so much better as sand and carpark.

Now you're talking

Now you

And how fashions have stayed the same as the crowds take in the pants wetting excitement of London Court. Thanks Matt. or should I say Matt’s Mum. She thought Perth was a dump, but still moved from South Australia. SA must have still been the toilet is is today, a city far worse than Perth.

State of Excitement

State of Excitement

And Myning wants to know why Perth Airport is still so crappy. here are people waiting for taxis. Possibly the same people who were queuing last time I was at the place. The guy in the grey has moved ahead 3 places since April.

Queue it

Queue it

Thanks everyone. Worst well. Think of me in Bunbury.

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Got the nail polish GI blues

Someone (Cookster?) submitted a shot of this child mannequin in other clothes a long post past, but the little fellow stopped me in my tracks with his current costume last week. Is there someone who would buy a US Army outfit for their child? And would they be the same type of person to paint the toenails of their 4 year old?

A democracy of the degenerate

A democracy of the degenerate

usarmyfeet

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Cash Dancers

I’m your cash dancer
A dancer for Wildcats
Just what would Tiny Pinder do?
Im your cash dancer
A dancer for Wildcats
And dancing for Wildcats will do
Tina Turner

Aussie Cash Dancers? Cash dancers? Does that bring up the wrong image? Cash and dancers goes together worse than lap and dancers. And when I hear dancers and perth Wildcats, I can only think Pinder. Pinder, Pinder. Pinder.

Dancer for cash

Dancer for cash

aussiecashcu

And Kayla look a bit surly to you? Not enough cash? Not enough dancing? Or is it because The Entertainment centre is no longer Wildcat central?

aussiecashcu21

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A Torana of gold, against your soul

Yes, I have been spending too much time on the Beaufort St arrondisement, so it was a nice change to be able to head West into the town of Cambridge and down to Floreat Beach.

Look, town of Cambridge elders. When I make my first outing to the coast for the Summer, I don’t expect my family to be confronted with a gold fucking Torana. Clean up your act Cambridge! And while we’re in Floreat, is Floreat Forum the worst looking shopping centre in Australia? Why does it have guard towers? Are there guards up there keeping cowering customers inside? And this is the good view. I wanted to stop and see if the pub The Floreat (Or “The Flogger” as I call it) was as bad as its shopping neighbour, but it was too early. Can anyone tell me?

The devil went down to Floreat

The devil went down to Florea

floreattoranainter

Wot we got is a failure to communicate

Wot we got is a failure to communicate

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Melbourne Cup Worst

Is this a worst because he’s the lone employee continuing to work while the mob watches the Melbourne Cup on the big screen behind him? Or is it a worst because one  employee won’t get involved in the bonding Teh Cup brings to a workplace? Or is it a worst because the Melbourne Cup is two minutes of crap? Wait, looking closer, isn’t that the UK Swingers Club website he’s looking at? So many questions.

Against the tide

Against the tide

And because I haven’t had anywhere else to put it, here’s Skink’s last She-Ra find, where she literally channels Tiny Pinder.

she-ra-pinder

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Jesus saves to D drive

This is the scene at a computer shop internet cafe on Beaufort street.  I like the dinosaurs. Surely a contender for worst interior design. It’s a flatpack available from IKEA. I’m not sure if Jesus or minor underling making wit the sourpuss. Odd. You could fit two more computers there.

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70’s Swingers Club

Just got back from a weekend of sex and wine at our new friends, who contacted us through your site. Can you let us know of any parties in our area.
It was fine wine i hope. – Ed.

Must be a few Worst of Perthers old enough to remember one of the stupidest inventions ever, the leather neck strap, wine glass holder. Would have been seen around the necks of many a safari suit wearer. Incredibly these things were actually popular, despite being guaranteed to soak your gut with wine the instant you leaned forwards to look down a polyester framed cleavage. Perhaps it was genuinely useful back in the smoking, swinging 70’s, where you could likely have had a port flavoured cigar in one hand and the bosses’ wife’s arse in the other, leaving no hand for your glass of Cold Duck. I’ve never seen evidence of a woman wearing one.  Also note the pissweak glass size.
Export quality tie

Export quality tie

And viddy well jealous droogies, the City of Perth cufflinks in action, as well as one of my father’s ties from the day, the classic Vogue Export Quality, made in Australia.

City of Perth

City of Perth

And the logo may be familar to close TWOP watchers. it appeared in January in another post. It’s 1973 Ok.

Howling Swans

Howling Swans

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