Punch Buggy

Punch Buggy
January 19, 2008

Several years back one of our then teenage kids introduced us to the punch buggy game. Being the sane, level headed and mature adults we are, the game caught on and still remains quite popular. The game is quite easy. A punch buggy is the Volkswagon beetle or van. The scoring is 1 point for a new style punch buggy, 2 points for an old, original style and 5 points for a VW van. The game is played while travelling by any means including walking. Simply be the first holler punch buggy with the colour and punch someone. The punch is only symbolic not meant to inflict any harm so it really is more of a tap. The person with the most points at the end of the trip is the winner. A trip is usually from point A to point B, one way not the entire trip as both of us sometimes forget our scores. A one way score makes it easier to remember. Quite often I end up losing because I'm the official picture taker and my attention span is kaputz.

I spotted the pink punch buggy while we were taking a tour around the South Beach, Florida area. This is the second neatest punch buggy because of the funky colour. The absolute neatest one is a black and white OPP punch buggy spotted up on the 400 Hwy. We usually boo when we spot a boring beige punch buggy as well. When we are walking and spot a parked punch buggy the conversation always turns to whether the trademark flowers are there as well. And there you have what goes on behind the closed doors of our vehicle and then some :)