Feeling smug about not being a bogan
Spiked 1960's wall clocks
Wooden and tin children's toys
Old celebrity baby names (Ava, Audrey, Elizabeth), not new ones (Angelina, Scarlett, Britney)
Pretending they don't watch Australia's Funniest Home Videos or Wipeout
Expensive things that look old
Judiciously-chosen size for their plasma TV. Not small, obviously - but not wall-sized either. The biggest size possible before crossing over into bogan-sized.
Bakelite radios
1950's housewife kitchen appliances in cute colours.
Tumbledown, overgrown "natural" gardens.
Meccano - not Lego
The ABC
Mocking the Cashed Up Bogan's neo-Georgian cube McMansion with home theatre, spa bath, rumpus room and ensuites - but kind of envying the comforts. (Their inner city miner's cottage or art deco bungalow is their dream house - but dammit there is no storage and cleaning the grouting sucks).
Cookbooks of choice: Stephanie Alexander, Neil Perry, Tana Ramsay, Donna Hay, Margaret Fulton (retro!) - not Jamie or Nigella.
Mismatching furniture
Championing local government school - but only if you live near a good one
Coloured-frame oblong eye glasses
Black tunic tops
Layered tee-shirts
Leggings - but only if they are black and don't have stirrups at the bottom
Crochet - let's face it, easier than knitting
Home made cakes
Picnics which don't involve take-away food
Mocking suburbia
The Botanical Gardens
Favourite bookshops: Hill of Content, Readings. Purely for emergencies: Dymocks, Angus & Robertson
Medium-sixed dogs. Smallest: Spaniel. Largest: Labrador.
Two cats
Political party of choice: was the Labor Party, now the Greens
Winter holidays: Tasmania, spa retreats, wineries.
Summer holidays: sneak into the Gold Coast or Noosa, on the quiet.
OMG....I'm SMUG!!!!!!
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