# Padiddle! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 13, 2001, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padiddle/49813 "2001-01-13T04:07:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padiddle/49813/21 "2001-01-15T15:13:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by justwannano \* > \*\*Wow how times change. > I grew up in the late 50s and 60s. > Same scenerio but you got a kiss from your girl friend or at least the lady next to you if she was willing. > I like our version better. \*\* I grew up in Philly, and it was “Padoodle”. Somehow from Harrisburgh to Philly, a vowel transformed. 😃 And yep, I’d go rooting around for a kiss from my dear heart if I called it first- or vice versa, if she did. Kind of lent a very gently romantic air to a normal boring thing you see. I loved it. I said it once after I got married, and my wife ( A Pittsburgher ) looked at my like I had two heads. I do, but I still took umbrage. Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padiddle/49813/22 "2001-01-15T18:43:38Z")
OK, I now understand a commercial that I’ve found particularly annoying. It’s for a local (Boston) bank, and it shows two kids riding in the back of a car, calling out “I see one” and hitting each other. I now realize that it’s a game of “padiddle”, except they don’t say “padiddle” or any other nonsense word. The brother and sister just hit each other. (They’re looking at free ATMs). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/padiddle/49813.md?page=1)