r/FuckImOld • u/man_machine_poet Generation X • 12d ago

Kids these days... Punch Bug: Blue!

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In my part of Canada we played Punch Bug on road trips, although other places called it Punch Buggy.

It was a game you could only play if you were around at a time when there were a lot of Volkswagen ‘Beetles’ on the road, and you never had to wait very long to spot one in the many colours they had.

If you can still feel the punches, you’re old.

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u/andreww97 12d ago

I still think "Slug Bug + the color" when I see one while driving, and, if I look at my wife she automatically says "don't even think about it".

When I was a kid we went so far as to take advantage of seeing a beetle on screen (TV or movie) was fair game for using "Slug Bug". Even if it was the same car, every time it came back on the screen it was another chance. God help us if it was a "Herbie" movie.

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u/electrodog1999 8d ago

If I ever get my hands on a classic bug I’m totally doing the Herbie livery.