Did people really used to punch each other at the sight of a Volkswagen Beetle in traffic?

[Anonymous]

My husband and I still play punch buggy!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not an urban legend.
We definitely did this growing up.

We also played Padiddle....one headlight of a car coming at you and you yelled paddidle and hit the ceiling of the car. As teens it would allow us to kiss someone else in the car.

Yes, I’m from New England and we played both of these games. My DC, 12, plays it now.

We did both in MD and my husband's family did in MA as well. Late 90s graduates.

We played the point game where you assign value to pedestrians and other things you might hit with the car. That one I think was more disturbing.

That was based on the movie "Death Race 2000," starring David Caradine, I think.

NP, no I don’t think so because we did the points game in the 90s.

So did we. The movie came out in 1975.

[Anonymous]

Let me introduce you to the self-devised fun on my family’s long car trips circa 1977;

- “spider bite” - remain motionless or the spider (a sibling’s splayed out hand usually resting on your bicep or knee) or the spider will “bite” you at the slightest movement, even going over a bump.

-ghost writing: trace out each letter of a message on a sibling’s back or palm…great way to convey fart jokes or use shockingly bad words to each other

-punch buggy and padiddle

-make dad honk the horn madly every time we saw the sign welcoming us to a new state

-honk at cows and horses out in farm fields

[Anonymous]

Punch buggy is nothig. We used to violently threaten people that their mother's back would be broken if they stepped on a crack in the sidewalk.

[Anonymous]

Punchbuggy green no punch backs.

[Anonymous]

Of course!

“Punch buggy blue, no punchbacks!”

And if you see a car with only one headlight, you have to lick your finger and hit the roof of the car. It’s a race, and whomever get the most “hits” on a ride wins (you don’t win anything but bragging rights, and you don’t even really brag)

You must pick your feet up off the ground and hold your breath when passing a graveyard or cemetery.

You must point and yell “cows!” When passing, we’ll, cows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Punch buggy is nothig. We used to violently threaten people that their mother's back would be broken if they stepped on a crack in the sidewalk.

Don’t be stepping on any lines, and breaking your father’s spine!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Punchbuggy green no punch backs.

Jinx, PP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You also kissed your fingertips and touched the ceiling when driving through a yellow light.

Or over train tracks. Though I think you were supposed to lift your feet and touch a screw. I always picked the one on the sun visor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let me introduce you to the self-devised fun on my family’s long car trips circa 1977;

- “spider bite” - remain motionless or the spider (a sibling’s splayed out hand usually resting on your bicep or knee) or the spider will “bite” you at the slightest movement, even going over a bump.

-ghost writing: trace out each letter of a message on a sibling’s back or palm…great way to convey fart jokes or use shockingly bad words to each other

-punch buggy and padiddle

-make dad honk the horn madly every time we saw the sign welcoming us to a new state

-honk at cows and horses out in farm fields

Also, hold your breath when driving by a cemetery. It's not nice to breathe when other people can't.

[Anonymous]

We still do! And when you see a car with one light out you punch the roof and yell “pididdle”!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let me introduce you to the self-devised fun on my family’s long car trips circa 1977;

- “spider bite” - remain motionless or the spider (a sibling’s splayed out hand usually resting on your bicep or knee) or the spider will “bite” you at the slightest movement, even going over a bump.

-ghost writing: trace out each letter of a message on a sibling’s back or palm…great way to convey fart jokes or use shockingly bad words to each other

-punch buggy and padiddle

-make dad honk the horn madly every time we saw the sign welcoming us to a new state

-honk at cows and horses out in farm fields

Would the cows acknowledge you with a MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO?

[Anonymous]

You should probably never be told about noogie punches

[Anonymous]

Yep, punch buggy and padidle, did this in the car with my family and no, it’s just a stupid thing like calling out Waffle House!
I’m 38.

[Anonymous]

I am convinced most people had way more fun in the pre-smartphone days.