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It might explain the popularity of the gang then. Geilston Bay Skate Park, Geilston Bay. December 2011. In today's Sunday Top Five I'm tackling a serious social issue: homophobia. As the two photos today attest, insults relating to once sexual preference retain their currency to a strong degree, particularly among the warring Risdon Vale Boys versus Geilston Bay Boys [GBB 4 EVA!] and Sk8ers versus Scooters [Scooter Represent!] Today I propose moving on from the typical dreary, pathetic and frightened wimperings of a group of young men that clearly need a) a good hug and b) a swift kick to a new form of insult. Yes, if we're going to slur entire communities, let's make sure that they're deserving. So today I offer you My Top Five Groups Of People Who We Should Encourage Young People To Speak About In More Demeaning Ways Instead Of Always Picking On The Homosexuals Who Already Have It Hard Enough! Bankers : RVB OFFER UNCOMPETITIVE INTEREST RATES AND FEES ON ALL C...

Here is a rebel gang of seagulls who routinely hang out on Elizabeth Street, just outside of Town Hall. I call the the Town Hall Mafia . Here's a poem: Humdrum You have had nature explained to You and You are bored with it.

I mused on Mr McClagan’s fine blog the other day on a gang that struck terror in the heart of Burnie many years ago now that went by the tremendously awesome name of (wait for it), the “ Big Boys ”. You just wet your pants, didn’t you? In a similar way, around my way these days, there seems to be a comparable posse going by the moniker of the “ Risdon Vale Boyz ”, which is often shortened to “ RVB ”. Obviously more gangsta than the “Big Boys” (the telling substitution of the ‘s’ with a ‘z’ is a sure sign of genuine African Americanism), the Risdon Vale Boyz are clearly hardcore, hence the “ RVB 4 Life ” tagged all over not just Risdon Vale, but Geilston Bay and Lindisfarne too! Lest you think that I live in the Hobartian equivalent of Compton or Watts, let’s just say that the RVBs are more Play School than Old Skool . That said, the gangs have got me thinking, thus today’s question: If you were starting up a gang of your own, what would you call yourselves? Again, be as brief as you...