One eyed bogan

Have you ever come across the one eyed bogan?

You know the one - always male, in their forties, a tradie, usually a smoker, love their footy and a beer, have a wife and two kids - a four wheel drive and a bunch of toys on the never never, live in suburbia in the McMansion and think of themselves as a true blue aussie - Oi!

Well these used to be their main characteristics - but these days they have another one - they have become political.

I don't know when it happened but sometime between late 2007 and now they decided that they knew enough about politics to have an opinion. Previously they left politics "up to the wife" but these days they think it is important to take a stand - for the benefit of the nation.

Mind you they are just learning about it all - they support the "Liberals" and they hate those communists and socialists and greenies because that is what dad always said - and they don't bother to read anything but get their news and information from commercial television - usually with a VB at the ready.

They are now fully informed because they spend a half hour in front of the TV news each night instead of propping up the bar at the local club. And that keeps the missus happy.

And their opinion is that they don't like that red headed woman but they think that the bloke on the bike is worth a go - because he looks like a tradie.

They don't like the red headed woman because they are hard working tradies who are well on their way to becoming actual "capitalists" and she is from the Labor party.

Yes our hero is convinced of the merit of being a tradie. Only last week he was called out to fix the pipes of the frail old couple down the street - and he stitched them up big time. Hey is it his fault if they don't know how pipes work?

It's clear that tradies are the new upper class. They charge like wounded bulls, they turn up when they feel like it and they stitch you up. Isn't that how it is supposed to be?

And pretty soon they will be determining who our government is. Hilarious.