# Slug Bug or Punch Buggy or Buggy Punch? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 23, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-bug-or-punch-buggy-or-buggy-punch/514855 "2009-10-23T14:11:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-bug-or-punch-buggy-or-buggy-punch/514855/61 "2015-05-09T22:51:57Z")
My family played a non-violent version of the game, Beep and Beep-Beep. Lucky for them… > [@samclem](#): > > But, did you know what a pididdle was? The opposite of a popeye, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-bug-or-punch-buggy-or-buggy-punch/514855/62 "2015-05-11T15:21:01Z")
Here in Ontario it’s “Punch Buggy \ no punchbacks.” I was probably 7 when I learned the game so 1980. My husband and I only punch on the old-timey punchbuggys, not the “new” Volkswagon Beetles that came out circa 1998 or so. > [@samclem](#): > > But, did you know what a pididdle was? I had never heard of this until the morning DJs on the radio a couple weeks ago. The woman said something about “padiddle” (that’s how I spelled it in my head) - when there’s a car with one headlight out you say “padiddle” and touch the roof of your car? Male DJ: “What? You touch someone’s diddle?” Female DJ _not paying attention_ “Yeah!” Male DJ: “…want to go for a drive later?” ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-bug-or-punch-buggy-or-buggy-punch/514855/63 "2015-05-11T15:38:19Z")
Slug bug, midwest, 90s Although now me and my current gf call them booby punches because whenever we would swing our arms around we would end up whacking each other right in the chest. So now we say booby punch. I knew perdiddle as a great game to play on long roadtrips to Florida. You leave at night and drive through the night, whoever sees it first shouts it out, the person who shouts it out last has to take off an article of clothing. WAY fun if you’re the only guy… ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-bug-or-punch-buggy-or-buggy-punch/514855/64 "2015-05-13T22:02:10Z")
My brother and I never did any version of this; I just remember some class trip where you were supposed to shout “Herbie” when you saw a Beetle. It would have been late 70s. My brother and I found other excuses to hit one another. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-bug-or-punch-buggy-or-buggy-punch/514855/65 "2015-05-13T22:31:49Z")
Slug bug Red! Two for flinching! ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/aeb1de/32.png) [@Lee\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lee_Q)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-bug-or-punch-buggy-or-buggy-punch/514855/66 "2015-05-13T22:59:11Z")
Slug bug. Also you had to say “no relay!” to prevent being slugged back. Grew up in south, mostly Okla. ETA: 1970s! ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-bug-or-punch-buggy-or-buggy-punch/514855/67 "2015-05-14T18:15:26Z")
Punch buggy, which I only learned about by watching the Disney film Lilo and Stitch. Stitch is a superstrong alien, and hits another alien over the head with a car and says, “Punch buggy! No punch backs!” I saw the movie on DVD in around 2008 or so. My husband thought this was hilarious, and had to explain it to me. Yet we both grew up in New Jersey during the 1970’s. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-bug-or-punch-buggy-or-buggy-punch/514855/68 "2015-05-14T18:30:43Z")
Punch Buggy (no colour), no punch-backs. 1970’s Ontario, Canada. Spotting a faux wood-paneled car (very common back then) and yelling “Woody!” would also allow you one free punch. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-bug-or-punch-buggy-or-buggy-punch/514855/69 "2015-05-14T19:47:08Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > Spotting a faux wood-paneled car (very common back then) and yelling “Woody!” would also allow you one free punch. My old neighbour called that “Beaver Panel” with a punch. It’s also known as a “Woody Wagon”. My ex had one for Rolls Royce where he said “Rolls Royce” and gave two punches. Drove me crazy (heh, “drove”) because I never thought to notice Rolls Royces. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-bug-or-punch-buggy-or-buggy-punch/514855/70 "2015-05-14T20:31:58Z")
Punch Buggy [colour]. No punch backs. Toronto, Ontario, late 1970s-early 1980s. Never heard the “pididdle” thing. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-bug-or-punch-buggy-or-buggy-punch/514855/71 "2015-05-14T21:44:03Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Maine in the eighties: Punch-buggy color. Punch packs were not a part of the game, so never had to call that. > > Then in high school we added “Padiddle” if there were girls in the car. A car with one headlight out got you a kiss. All of this in Massachusetts in the early to mid-80s. Except that occasionally some kid _would_ cry out “no punch backs!” Padiddle wasn’t something I heard about until high school in the early 90s, though, and there wasn’t kissing involved, sadly. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-bug-or-punch-buggy-or-buggy-punch/514855/72 "2015-05-14T22:13:20Z")
Grew up in rural Illinois, never heard of it until _Lilo & Stitch_. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-bug-or-punch-buggy-or-buggy-punch/514855/73 "2015-05-15T15:38:47Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > My old neighbour called that “Beaver Panel” with a punch. It’s also known as a “Woody Wagon”. > > My ex had one for Rolls Royce where he said “Rolls Royce” and gave two punches. Drove me crazy (heh, “drove”) because I never thought to notice Rolls Royces. Yes, it’s all coming back to me now. In university, my girlfriend’s parents lent us their woody station wagon. This thing was right out of the National Lampoon’s Vacation, green with faux wood-paneling, roof rack, and a rear-facing back seat with a roll down window. You’d get a little woozy sitting there with the window open. We travelled between Ottawa and Toronto a lot and there was one cassette stuck in the deck… to this day I still know every word of Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show’s Greatest Hits! …we eventually had to suspend the game because everyone’s arms were so bruised. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-bug-or-punch-buggy-or-buggy-punch/514855.md?page=3)