Absence makes the heart grow fonder: Germany Edition: Channelling my inner Bogan*

*see Bogan meaning comparisons at the bottom of this posting

Turns out, over here they also have their inner bogan. Its harder to see under the cold coats of winter, but now spring is here, boy are they letting loose.

Even the homeless are acting more… well, homeless! Drunken rages and yelling, smelling pungently stronger and smashing their beer bottles wherever they can (unless they can get a refund on the bottle, and therefore this is not in their best interest). mmmm, makes me miss Vancouver….

The fiance and I decided to break out the bogan spirit by participating in what all the locals seem to do - drink in public. Any time of the day, crack open a can of beer, sit at a bus stop or go for a wander down the street. So one warmish afternoon on the way back from the supermarket, we participated in this right of passage in being German. Whilst on our 'bogan 1 can of beer' wander home, I stumbled across the quintessential bogan shop (pictured below). Selling guns… with roses sticking out the top! Oh the romance of it all…

Then to top it all off in the spirit of true bogan-ism, I managed to chip my front tooth on a fork giving me that classy trailer park bogan look (till I got it fixed today). In this instance, obviously my inner bogan wanted to break out and fit in with the crowd.

With my manky tooth, daggy dressing (sorry germany, fashion is not your calling), glasses wearing (contacts too expensive) and my newly acquired 'don't talk to me' facial expressions, I'm looking more german every day - and some days even of the bogan kind!

Here are some other lovely words that may help you understand the term Bogan laid out by wikipedia.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder: Germany Edition

Monday, May 02, 2011

Channelling my inner Bogan*

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