Things bogans like

[redbeardrum]

ifya dont wear a flanno,tight jeans,black t shirt,db's,smoke winnies,drink jacks etc... ya aint a bogan! dont even try! its the vibe of the whole thing

 

[WA ROO]

Bogans drink Crownies when they are looking to drink 'posh' beer.

Not any more
Carlton Dry Infusion or Stella these days
Then again if I am buying Emu Bitter

 

[Selective Retention]

Hey you guys made nova the other day as well. Although I must say it was cringeworthy radio with the woman announcer making a hash of reciting a lot of the stuff.

 

[Rustin Cohle]

Surely people who use the term un-Australian to describe the actions of others will get a mention here...

 

[Hawk Dork]

You are barely literate.

In future, could you ask one of the brain dead bogans you are so embarrassed by to type out your posts for you.

Thanks.

I am sure you got the Gyst

 

[Lazyboy]

LOL, how can you throw the Aussie bogan into such a lame Paris Hilton world of generalization and pretentious w***er bs.

Talk about judgmental and attention seeking whores..

You're failing hard to target the right group, a real bogan is someone who just doesn't give a **** what other people think.. a very rare breed in today's world..

You see people this is what happens when a person walks through life without experiencing the bogan Someone crack this poor little bitch a stubbie...

 

[jeemak]

LOL, how can you throw the Aussie bogan into such a lame Paris Hilton world of generalization and pretentious w***er bs.

Talk about judgmental and attention seeking whores..

You're failing hard to target the right group, a real bogan is someone who just doesn't give a **** what other people think.. a very rare breed in today's world..

You see people this is what happens when a person walks through life without experiencing the bogan Someone crack this poor little bitch a stubbie...

Wow. If you're directing the above at the OP and the creators of the site, then I think you may have missed the point. Jump on line and check out the type of bogan they are targeting.

 

[redragger]

Surely people who use the term un-Australian to describe the actions of others will get a mention here...

It's got to be the ultimate bogan catchcry. Straight off the Tracy Grimshaw teleprompt. "The council won't let me hang me flag out the front 'coz they say it's too close to the footpaff. It's un-Australian."

How about the dream bogan experience of heading west to go 'work in the mines', only to find that the mining boom is just about over and they end up paying the exorbitant amounts of rent required to live in the desert. There are though, the few who do find the work which pays $15K a month, which in-turn produces the ugliest beast of them all. The 'cashed-up bogan' or 'CUBBY' as they're so derisively called. These guys spend they're month off loading up on bogan paraphernalia - the aforementioned Jetskis, Contiki Tours, designer shirts, personalised plates on their new utes etc. Or, pretty much annoying every normal person with their excessive Corona (with lime) consumption which they inevitably can't handle and end up breaking things and getting in fights...

 

[bit_pattern]

Not any more
Carlton Dry Infusion or Stella these days
Then again if I am buying Emu Bitter

Aspirational bogan!

 

[fairdinkum]

how about the urban sprawl of bogans building houses that will never increase in value, and where there is no infrastructure...

O rly?

 

[bit_pattern]

Do you own a McMansion, FD?

 

[fairdinkum]

Do you own a McMansion, FD?

Mate, I'm payin one-fiddy a week () to rent a small room in a shared house across from uni. The only asset I have to my name is an old, crappy, sounding-worse-by-the-day falcodore (converted to gas, of course).

But I take issue with this notion that we headed for a 'housing bubble burst' or that the housing market is about to tank. Debates have been raging over on the money board for a while about this and, as I've stated before, it struck me that this 'bubble burst' theory was very similar to your average internet conspiracy theory, only this one seemed to be less nut-jobby.

So far, it seems as though the 'bubble bursters' might have been led down the merry path.

 

[BigBadCam]

how about the urban sprawl of bogans building houses that will never increase in value, and where there is no infrastructure... is it just because they get a bigger first home buyers grant? to get free money? even though the developers just tack the amount of the first home buyers grant onto the cost of the house? or perhaps because they can't get their head around the idea of an auction?

Maybe for some people just the prospect of owning their own home to put a roof over the head of their family is enough. The Aussie dream is to own your own home and who are you to criticise people for chasing this dream? Not everyone buys homes as investment properties you yuppie ****.

 

[DeanoT]

But I take issue with this notion that we headed for a 'housing bubble burst' or that the housing market is about to tank. Debates have been raging over on the money board for a while about this and, as I've stated before, it struck me that this 'bubble burst' theory was very similar to your average internet conspiracy theory, only this one seemed to be less nut-jobby.

So far, it seems as though the 'bubble bursters' might have been led down the merry path.

You seem to have an emotional attachment to one side of the argument. While conspiracy theorists have little evidence to back up their claims, there are very valid reasons why people should be concerned about a property slump. It may not be a crash, it may just be a plateauing of returns over the coming period, but another boom is unlikely. Take a look at the historical median price for a house, then compare it to the median income, and then ask why this ratio has skyrocketed in the past 10 years. Couple this with the very low savings rate in this country, and you have to ask the question, where has all this wealth come from ?

The answer is very simple. Cheap credit. In the early '90s interest rates didn't cause major pain to mortgage holders until rates hit 10%+. In 2007, borrowers started to feel the pinch when rates hit 7-8%. With the recent interest rates hitting long-term lows, it is not unreasonable to expect that borrowers will hit tough times with rates a low at 6-7%. Throw increased unemployment in to the mix, and you have a pyramid scheme which is finely balanced.

And I am someone who holds a property portfolio myself, so I am a believer in property as a long-term investment. I think we are in for a very rocky road for the next 5-10 years.

Regarding your "O Rly" response earlierer, there are several west-melbourne suburbs which have hardly experienced any capital growth over the past 5 years, despite the recent property boom. If they can barely register double digit returns during boom times, I shudder to think what might happen in tough times, especially given that people buying in that area are often debt-laded first home buyers, with mediocre incomes and zero savings.

 

[bit_pattern]

What about theatre restaurants and internet dating/swngers sites (Sorry DR )

 

[Blight von Torp]

Found a site that has the bogan test that was circulating a few years ago. It's OK, but the page links off to this other site with some comedy gold about old style bogans. Worth a look - I think it, or some variation, did the email rounds a couple of years ago

BOGANS…an anthropological study
By dragcity_cowgirl ⋅ January 7, 2006 ⋅ Email This Post Email This Post ⋅ Print This Post Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

“Bogan” The Definition :

Full Anthropological analysis :

Maximumus Tightblackjeanus Withmulletus.

First identified as a sub-species during the mid-70s, the Melbourne Bogan is thought to be a close relation of the Booner (found in Canberra’s outer suburbs) the Westie (spread throughout Western Sydney), and the Bevan
(Bribane). They are usually of Anglo Irish breeding stock and are generally found around the lower 2 rungs of the “Latham Ladder” trying desparately to get to the next one only to be beaten off by better educated WASPs and people of NESP backgrounds. They have no real tangible aspirations in life apart from feeling part of the Bogan Clan, having a full pack of Winfields, a box of JB Cans and an attitude you could cut with a gun shearer’s blade.

The typical lair of a bogan will have a full on JB Hi Fi/Video system, a well stocked frij (drinks & Jenny Craig food modules only) a show piece pine wall unit with mirror, flimsy bought on tick tables etc,frilly bed covers, lots of dork mirrors, big fluffy toys, posters of banal pop & movie stars (or even worse themselves & older Bogans may have a poster of the “King” = Elvis), walls/doors with holes punched/kicked in them and the only book in the lair will be the yellow pages with all the “Car Wrecker” pages heavily dog eared/marked.

.....

It is believed the initial Melbourne population was introduced to purpose-built habitats such as Frankston and Dandenong. However, by the mid-80s, the species had multiplied to plague proportions, spreading through much of Footscray and further Western regions. While authorities considered a culling program, they need not have bothered, as the regional population began a rapid decline from the early ’90s onwards. The situation has now reached a critical point, with Bogans rarely sighted in Melbourne, and those remaining clinging to the region’s outskirts. In the year 2000, the species is now officially endangered.......

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There's some not bad stuff in the comments either

I think there’s something in the OP and Absent Diane’s recent field studies – the evolution of the bogan. Should we be surprised to see the emergence of cargo pants and polo shirts? I think not. The bogan is always the last group to adopt cutting edge fashion, leaving it so late that the look is little more than a trailing hem, frayed, scuffed and sad. We first noticed this with men wearing long hair. After vehemently rejecting the hippie look of the 60’s, the mullet emerged in the 70’s as the bogan’s own spin on this particular look.

 

[cancat]

Taking your kids into the pub deserves a mention.

 

[BigBadCam]

Taking your kids into the pub deserves a mention.

Leaving them outside the pub in the car deserves a mention. That's where Wayne Carey honed his skills.

 

[dugrene]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Laughing at the poor educated knobs who can't keep their eyes off shazzas with low IQ's, low jeans, pushed up **** with rich bogan boyfriends.

 

[DeanoT]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Laughing at the poor educated knobs who can't keep their eyes off shazzas with low IQ's, low jeans, pushed up **** with rich bogan boyfriends.

The look is one of disgust, not admiration.

 

[BigBadCam]

http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2008/11/14/38131_tasmania-news.html
Bogan -- and proud of it!


DANIELLE McKAY
November 14, 2008 07:59am
WITH a cigarette hanging out of the corner of his mouth, Andrew "Wiggo" Wiggins said he was proud to be a bogan.
Dressed in black stonewash jeans and black Bonds singlet, the 47-year-old beer drinking petrol-head who loves AC/DC ticks all the boganism boxes.
And with the encouragement of workmates, "Wiggo" is going to audition for Australia's newest reality-TV show searching for the nation's biggest bogan.
"I tend to be larger than life and I'm not ashamed of being called a bogan, so I don't see that I've got anythin' to lose, sweetheart," he said.
He has tattoos covering his arms, many of which he has done himself, and a rat's tail hair-do that hangs to his shoulder blades.
He has the weather-beaten face of a man who has lived a hard life and admits he has many battle wounds, though time has wearied him and he tries to avoid fights these days.

'He was happy to be called a bogan because he was who he was and anyone who did not like that "can go and get stuffed". '

Champion.

 

[evo]

Found a site that has the bogan test that was circulating a few years ago. It's OK, but the page links off to this other site with some comedy gold about old style bogans. Worth a look - I think it, or some variation, did the email rounds a couple of years ago



There's some not bad stuff in the comments either

Yeh, that is getting closer to it. LMAO at the pine wall unit with mirror.

 

[Ellis2WeightsRoom]

Nothing new age about me.

I'm the 110% flanno wearing, ute driving, gun shooting, meat eating, beer drinking, tree chopping, heterosexual real thing.

No mention of being a political extremist legal genius?

 

[Wally Carter]

No mention of being a political extremist legal genius?

Extremist?

If a fairer distribution of wealth and liberty are extreme philosophies, the I suppose I'm an extremist.

BTW, this is a thread about bogans.

 

[Lazyboy]

Extremist?

If a fairer distribution of wealth and liberty are extreme philosophies, the I suppose I'm an extremist.

BTW, this is a thread about bogans.

Started by toff flogs who failed at boganism