Melbourne’s new Lord Mayor, Robert “local politics might be a bit easier” Doyle, wants to rid the Melbourne CBD of bogans.
An admirable goal (and surely a tacit show of support for getting rid of the Grand Prix), but easier said than done, and a task the Crikey team spent perhaps too much of our morning meeting discussing (in between scad-loads of Serious JournalismTM, of course).
It was suggested that perhaps you could dig a big ditch around the outskirts of the city on Friday morning, thus preventing bogans from descending on the city of a Friday night. Or possibly remove all the faux-Irish pubs.
Maybe Robert could patrol the city, administering fines for rat’s tails exceeding a certain length and bad tribal tattoos.
I’m open to more suggestions. How would you rid a city of bogans?
Disclaimer: The author owns a flannelette shirt and several Mötley Crüe albums.
UPDATE! Bogans hit back!
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Ban the sale of pre-mixed drinks — particularly bundy and coke?
This is a photo of Hawthorn supporters – where is the photo of the King St bogans?
There are bogans south of the river too.
Educate them.
An educated Bogan is a contradiction in terms
Costs money though, and finances will be – even with the good offices of Julia Gillard
I meant to say “and finances will be tight – even with the good offices of Julia Gillard.”
I could possibly do with a course or 2 myself.