My family played a non-violent version of the game, Beep and Beep-Beep. Lucky for them…
The opposite of a popeye, IIRC.
Here in Ontario it’s “Punch Buggy <colour> 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.
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?”
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…
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.
Slug bug Red!
Two for flinching!
Slug bug. Also you had to say “no relay!” to prevent being slugged back. Grew up in south, mostly Okla.
ETA: 1970s!
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.
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.
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.
Punch Buggy [colour]. No punch backs.
Toronto, Ontario, late 1970s-early 1980s.
Never heard the “pididdle” thing.
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.
Grew up in rural Illinois, never heard of it until Lilo & Stitch.
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.