# Volkswagen has anally raped punchbuggy. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 14, 2010, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114 "2010-06-14T07:41:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/21 "2010-06-14T18:57:18Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > I’ll have you know, good sir, that I’m in Detroit where slug bug is the only acceptable usage. Ditto for Wisconsin. Man, if you’d slug-bugged someone as a Rabbit drove by, it would have been Revenge To The Max time. All the other kids would have pummeled you, while screaming out the names of every car that drove past: “Slug-Chevy!” “Slug-Pickup Truck!” “Slug-Edsel!” ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/22 "2010-06-14T19:33:00Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Get it right, or go home to the Midwest, where they probably created the “Punch Buggy” travesty. Midwest!? MIDWEST!? :mad: Screw you, buddy. I’m a native New Yorker! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/23 "2010-06-14T20:30:58Z")
I completely agree with the OP except the use of “punchbuggy” instead of the proper name of the game Slug Bug. Saying punchbuggy instead of slug bug is like saying, “I made sweet sweet rape to my wife last night.” ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/24 "2010-06-14T20:35:32Z")
Here in Chicagoland (also known as “The Midwest? - Really?”), we called it Slug Bug growing up. But I absolutely new what the OP was talking about, and Punchbuggy’s just as good a name in my book. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/25 "2010-06-14T20:37:04Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I never heard of it until I saw [this XKCD](http://xkcd.com/392/). Sounds like some bizarro version of “sixes no returns”/“saves” for when someone farts. As it involves farting it is clearly much, much cooler. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/26 "2010-06-14T20:54:41Z")
I don’t mind the commercials, except the one where the guy drives his kids around to watch everyone punch each other. I seriously doubt anyone outside of VW would know to call that color “blue”. > [@zweisamkeit](#): > > god dammit, it’s SLUG BUG, not punch buggy! Tell that to Disney. [Blue Punch Buggy!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvB1LXWHlwM) ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/27 "2010-06-14T21:00:58Z")
Could those of you who actually recognize this child’s game, please state when and where you played it. I am one of the unfortunates who never heard of this (although I guess there was an oblique reference to this near the end of the Pixar movie “UP”). FWIW I grew up in NYC and Long Island in the 60’s-\>70’s. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/28 "2010-06-14T21:03:56Z")
> [@digs](#): > > “Slug-Chevy!” Hmmmm. After last week’s branding snafu, you might want to run that one by the guys in the head office. 😛 ---
**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:** [June 14, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/29 "2010-06-14T21:05:20Z")
Never played it but my SO has; it’s “Punch Bug” for her. She’s from southern Virginia with some time in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/30 "2010-06-14T21:18:06Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > I agree, but god dammit, it’s SLUG BUG, not punch buggy! Thank you! I knew something was wrong with “punchbuggy” but I couldn’t think of the right phrase. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/31 "2010-06-14T21:29:34Z")
We used to play punchbuggy in the '70’s - '80s (in New England). They became increasingly rare until the new Beetle came out in the '90s. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/32 "2010-06-14T21:53:44Z")
Sounds a bit like a game my wife and I play called “sockjaw,” where I dislocate her mandible if she lets my scotch glass go empty without bringing me a refill. ---
**Author:** ![Fiona\_Greenlee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e68b1a/32.png) [@Fiona\_Greenlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiona_Greenlee)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/33 "2010-06-14T21:58:48Z")
At least Whack Whack Cadillac and Black & Blue Isuzu remain unscathed. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/34 "2010-06-14T22:14:29Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Sounds a bit like a game my wife and I play called “sockjaw,” where I dislocate her mandible if she lets my scotch glass go empty without bringing me a refill. You’re such a romantic. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/35 "2010-06-14T22:45:13Z")
I’ll agree that VW appropriating punch buggy for all VW models is sacrilege. But the record for an automobile ad campaign not getting it still stands with Mercedes Benz’ decision to feature Janis Joplin in its ads. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/36 "2010-06-14T23:13:24Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’ll agree that VW appropriating punch buggy for all VW models is sacrilege. > > But the record for an automobile ad campaign not getting it still stands with Mercedes Benz’ decision to feature Janis Joplin in its ads. Was it Dunlop tyres that had The Velvet Underground’s “Venus in Furs” in an advert? I’d say that was even more wrong. And let’s not forget that currently Iggy Pop appears in car insurance ads in the UK. As in, he actually does. Not just his music. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/37 "2010-06-14T23:32:41Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > I had never heard of this “punch someone in the arm when you see a VW” (whatever you choose to call it) game before they started running these ads. I could see it as something kids would do, particularly as one of those long road trips let’s-give the-kids-something-to-do things. But grown people punching each other looks stupid, particularly in some of them; the two delivery people, when one punches the other hard enough that he drops the packages he’s carrying, comes to mind. :rolleyes: Whatever dude. You’re just jealous you missed out on the game these last 4 decades. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/38 "2010-06-14T23:34:28Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > Could those of you who actually recognize this child’s game, please state when and where you played it. I am one of the unfortunates who never heard of this (although I guess there was an oblique reference to this near the end of the Pixar movie “UP”). > > FWIW I grew up in NYC and Long Island in the 60’s-\>70’s. I’d answer you, but I’m afraid someone will tell me I do it wrong. 😛 If you see a Volkswagen Beetle, and you “declare” it first, you get to sock whoever you’re with in the arm. You declare it by saying “Punchbuggy” and then its color–like “Punchbuggy blue!” or “Punchbuggy plaid!” Then you sock someone in the arm. ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/39 "2010-06-14T23:49:18Z")
> [@Fiona\_Greenlee](#): > > At least Whack Whack Cadillac and Black & Blue Isuzu remain unscathed. A while back I was trying to come up with a new rhyming “assault / rhyming vehicle” combo. I didn’t think of those. All I could come up with was “Bellyacher Studebaker”. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/40 "2010-06-14T23:56:23Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > Could those of you who actually recognize this child’s game, please state when and where you played it. I am one of the unfortunates who never heard of this (although I guess there was an oblique reference to this near the end of the Pixar movie “UP”). > > FWIW I grew up in NYC and Long Island in the 60’s-\>70’s. Western Canada, born in the '70’s, punch buggy. About a year ago I started “smart stab”. When you see a smart car you stab (poke) the other person. It’s actually started catching on. All of my relatives do it now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114.md?page=3)