# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/41 "2010-06-14T23:59:11Z")
> [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](#): > > Sounds similar to “mini punch” which we used to play when we were smaller. Everytime you see a yellow mini, you shout “mini punch!” then punch the guy next to you. We used to punch for Minis but we said (IIRC) “Punch Buddy”. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/42 "2010-06-15T00:04:52Z")
I HATE that commercial!!! ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/43 "2010-06-15T01:03:11Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > But the record for an automobile ad campaign not getting it still stands with Mercedes Benz’ decision to feature Janis Joplin in its ads. SOMEONE must have convinced somebody that this was some sort of post-ironic, meta-textual thing. Then again there was the ad for Jaguar (during the Ford ownership). Tune, _London Calling_. My face: 😕 Maybe they were implying it’s The Only Car that Matters 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/44 "2010-06-15T01:13:57Z")
I’d like to make a parody of the commercial where when people spot a VW of any sort they call it out, e.g. Blue One! but instead of puncing someone they do some sort of damage to the VW. Two guys walking down a sidewalk and see one parked. “Red One!” and then he kicks in the door. One drives by a golf course and a golfer yells “Blue One!” as he drills a 3 iron at it. A couple old ladies in their caddy and the driver yells “Yellow One!” as she plows into the side of it. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/45 "2010-06-15T03:42:05Z")
Another Chicago/Slug Bug person here. My favorite part of the commercials was that most of the people hit would give their puncher a “What the fuck? Are you retarded?” look. The best one being the guy in the wetsuit who almost falls into traffic. It’s as though their meta-slogan is “Volkswagen – Cars for complete fucking idiots” ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/46 "2010-06-15T14:03:30Z")
> [@emcee2k](#): > > 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”. Reamer Beamer Bruiser Landcruiser Fart Smart/Dart Shit Fit (mom really hates this one) Steamrolla Corolla Bite Insight ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/47 "2010-06-15T14:11:24Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I’d like to make a parody of the commercial where when people spot a VW of any sort they call it out, e.g. Blue One! but instead of puncing someone they do some sort of damage to the VW. > Two guys walking down a sidewalk and see one parked. “Red One!” and then he kicks in the door. > One drives by a golf course and a golfer yells “Blue One!” as he drills a 3 iron at it. > A couple old ladies in their caddy and the driver yells “Yellow One!” as she plows into the side of it. Either than, or a parody where the characters actually assault each other (throwing the other guy off the scaffold, drawing a shiv, whatever). Hey, if you’re going to go around hitting people for such a stupid reason, might as well be hung for a sheep as for a lamb. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/48 "2010-06-15T14:22:22Z")
Also, these people in the ads punch HARD! Maybe I was a wuss, but really, Slug Bug/Punchbuggy was more of a token love tap in my circle of friends. Okay, my brothers punched hard. But they were mean. ---
**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 15, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/49 "2010-06-15T14:26:25Z")
How about a Geico add where two VWs get into an accident? The drivers would get out of their cars and start slugging each other, the witnessess would join in, and it would become a huge streetfight. The Gecko could come on screen and say, “Oh, this isn’t good…” or something along those lines. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/50 "2010-06-15T14:32:19Z")
And then the Cavemen come in on either side and start slugging each other, amidst the ruckus something kicks up from the ground and tumbles in the air as everyone watches it – it’s the money you’ll save! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/51 "2010-06-15T15:07:29Z")
Well, I see the [list of people](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11695513#post11695513) who could use a good rectal de-stickifying on this issue is growing. As to the salient points of this thread – yes, these commercials bastardize everything that is good and holy about this game. The game which, incidentally, is called Punch Buggy. You can call it “slug bug” if you want, but the rest of us know you’re simply trying too hard. > [@Green\_Bean](#): > > And sometimes my dad would say “punch-buggy invisible” and slug me in the arm just for the hell of it. Heh. Awesome – I’ve pulled that exact same move on my wife. Glad to know I’m not the only one who cheats like hell on occasion. ---
**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 15, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/52 "2010-06-15T15:09:29Z")
Speaking of anal rape and car games: Ever play that game where you add “Anal” to the beginning of a car’s model name? Ford Anal Probe Ford Anal Explorer Ford Anal Contour Ford Anal Focus (With thanks to the Ford Motor Company for having the best model names for this sort of thing.) ---
**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 15, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/53 "2010-06-15T15:11:48Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Awesome – I’ve pulled that exact same move on my wife. Glad to know I’m not the only one who cheats like hell on occasion. Well then, I’ll tell you of his piece de resistance: Hollering “Oh my god! It’s an invisible car transport truck carrying nothing but invisible punchbuggies!!” And then pummeling me quite thoroughly. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/54 "2010-06-15T16:15:39Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > 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. There’s a running joke between me and my wife about these games. We’re constantly making new ones on the fly. “No, honey, ‘Wet-Willie-PT-Cruiser’ is not a game! If it is, then I’m declaring ‘Hummer-Hummer’ a game!” So far, our favorite, and the one with the most staying power, is “Jeep Slap”. Slap the one you love (on the body somewhere, not the face) when you see a Jeep Wrangler. Only works for Wranglers, no fair slapping for Cherokees or Comanches or the like. Awesome game. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/55 "2010-06-15T17:35:42Z")
Pontiac Aztek cross-check! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/56 "2010-06-15T19:21:32Z")
On one vacation trip, our Punchbuggy game got so competitive that my family was rolling down the highway with fists poised for action. My mom said if we had been killed in an accident, the cops would find our bodies in the wreck, see our upraised fists, and shake their heads sadly, “Punchbuggy claims three more lives…” ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/57 "2010-06-17T08:58:44Z")
Wow! I never expected such a response, especially anything positive in the Pit… > [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > Have you ever considered a job on Madison Avenue? These million dollar ideas. No but I did briefly consider auditioning for Mad Men. Does that count? > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > While you get style points for depth of feeling, I’d say you’re a little bit [late](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12276431&postcount=26) with this one. Yes, well, nothing new under the sun, they say. > [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Slug bug is right, punch buggy is stupid. It’s obvious the game came from the fact that “slug” and “bug” rhyme. Punch buggy is just mean. Plus there is no such thing as a VW “buggy”. It’s a VW Bug. Get it right, or go home to the Midwest, where they probably created the “Punch Buggy” travesty. Wow I’m not surprised by a regional disparity, but I thought it would at least be UK vs USA… > [@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”).. NY, Long Island. Since birth \*1974 > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > But the record for an automobile ad campaign not getting it still stands with Mercedes Benz’ decision to feature Janis Joplin in its ads. No. No. No. It’s the new Lexus commercial that considers an AC “like a mountain breeze” and wood panels “sprinkled with silver dust” to be hard on inducing… > [@Max\_Torque](#): > > There’s a running joke between me and my wife about these games. We’re constantly making new ones on the fly. “No, honey, ‘Wet-Willie-PT-Cruiser’ is not a game! If it is, then I’m declaring ‘Hummer-Hummer’ a game!” Personally I’d go for the Hummer… > [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > On one vacation trip, our Punchbuggy game got so competitive that my family was rolling down the highway with fists poised for action. My friend who lived in California for awhile because of 1. General California hippiness and 2. The overwhelming Volkwagon to anything else ratio being rather high decided to change it to “hug buggy”… ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/58 "2010-06-17T15:33:47Z")
**The Final Word on Why “Punchbuggy” is better than "Slug Bug"** In some regions the tradition is to say “Punchbuggy”, in other regions the tradition is to say “Slug Bug”. As people do identify quite emotionally with traditions that are hard-wired in youth, it is tempting to allow that both traditions are equally valid. To avoid what may seem like unnecessary conflict one may suggest that the Punchbuggy/Slug Bug variation is to be celebrated as an element of this great nation’s cultural diversity. Cultural sensitivity on this matter, though it may seem reasonable, is irresponsible and morally repugnant. “Punchbuggy” is good. “Slug Bug” is bad. That is all there is to it. If you say Slug Bug, because you were taught in your youth to do so, then continue to say Slug Bug when you are presented with the true and superior designation Punchbuggy, then you are simply wrong. Your willful ignorance only brings down society as a whole. **Slug Bug is a Spondee** Spondees are for babies. Most people grow out of spondees by the completion of nursery school. If you have reached adulthood and still giggle at spondees you have no business mixing in polite society. **Punchbuggy is a Dactyl** Dactyls are sophisticated and elegant. Playfully executed dactyls show grace and class. A dactyl is a musical avenue of expressing truth and beauty in human experience. The dactyl “Punchbuggy” is neatly punctuated when the color of the observed Beetle is announced: **PUNCH** -bug-gy **RED!** **PUNCH** -bug-gy **WHITE!** **PUNCH** -bug-gy **BLUE!** There is a classical rhythm that elevates a simple children’s game to a grand cultural treasure. Contrast with the boorish “Slug Bug”: **SLUG-BUG-Drrrr!** **SLUG-BUG-D’Oh!** **SLUG-BUG-Plllft!** In no conflict of cultural variation has there ever been such a clear Right and a clear Wrong. Punchbuggy is Right. Slug Bug is Wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/59 "2010-06-17T15:57:41Z")
On what planet is the word “buggy” **less** infantile than any other word? “Buggy” is synonymous with babies. Merely saying the word, unless you’re repeating the tongue twister, “rubber baby buggy bumpers,” brings shame to any adult. “Punchbuggy” is for those who still wet their pants occasionally. “Slug Bug”, on the other hand, is **war**. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114/60 "2010-06-17T16:16:29Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > “Slug Bug”, on the other hand, is **war**. The grunts in the ditches may say “Slug Bug”, but as centuries pass it is the poet’s account of the war that will live on. _Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris Italiam punchbuggy profugus Laviniaque venit_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagen-has-anally-raped-punchbuggy/543114.md?page=4)