Sunday, February 7, 2010

A Tale of Two Sh*ttys













































































































































Attached are eleven images of Birkenhead. Five are from the suburb of Auckland with that name, a place I visited very recently. The other six are from the place I grew up in which I can only describe as a World Heritage Shithole filled with rain, rape and murder. Cunningly I have mixed them up and now task you to use your skill and judgement in discovering which picture belongs to which Birkenhead.
As a starter for ten, I'll inform you that only the Birkenhead I used to call home (and also the one point on earth from which all human misery can be viewed) would have a fire evacuation sign in a cafe that requests you assemble at the Wetherpoons next door. After all, you're burning to death in the Seventh Circle of Hell, why miss out on half price doubles?

To further aid your quest I have added a small description so you can hopefully distinguish between the two Birkenheads.

Birkenhead, Auckland- Located on the North Shore of Auckland, Birkenhead was settled in 1883 as New Zealand's only sugar refinery and quickly gained a reputation as an area where the successful middle class set up home. These men, usually professionals or business owners, would commute via ferry to the city. Today, Birkenhead is popular with soccer moms who drive their sons to football practice. The climate is warm temperate with humid summers and mild, damp winters. It last snowed in Birkenhead in July 1939.

Birkenhead, Merseyside- Settled by British hooligans in the 12th Century, Birkenhead is a lush and diverse crime scene with over 900 distinct types of scumbag, 600 varieties of mugger and most of the surviving members of my family. It boasts a startling array of criminal life sure to take your breath away, but only after first taking away your phone, wallet and kidneys. It no longer suffers from crippling unemployment since the local council made burglary a recognised occupation and today it is popular with twoccer mums who steal a car to drive their sons to community service or mugging practice. The climate is rainy with a strong chance of more rain, depression, pissing it buckets and glassing. The people of Birkenhead are a victim of crime every 26 seconds, though this is impossible to verify since everyone in Birkenhead has now had their watch stolen.

1 comment:

  1. Oi! You've obviously not been to Oxton Village for a while, mate. We've now got a Michelin-starred restaurant*

    * you can see it through the hole in the roof :)

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