Punch Buggy
I stumbled upon an old blog entry over at My Mean Girl: Road and Off-the-road Rage. In it, he talks about his girlfriend’s punch-buggy antics. Apparently, anything qualifies for a slug on the arm for her. I have to admit that I’ve done the same with my kids, just to get that “hey, you can’t punch for a schoolbus!"… and despite my unjustified abuse, they won’t retaliate unless they spot a VW bug.
Both my youngest and I have also punched when we’ve seen VW bugs on TV or even in movies. At these times, we won’t haul off and slug each other loudly, but a silent tap works just as well to get the “ha-gotcha” point across.
I’ve never been a huge fan of the VW bugs (old or new), but I still would love to own one just to incite violence in others. That would be great. I think were this game played with a cooler looking vehicle, I’d have bought one by now… again, just to be the one responsible for other people slugging each other. I’d drive around on Sundays all over the place just to give more people an opportunity to hurt the people they love.
The worst part is when you see a VW bug and you’re alone in the car (or walking or whatever). I’m a fairly relaxed guy. No pent up road rage in me. Still I feel so disappointed whenever this happens. It’s like an opportunity is passing me by, a free pounding that I can’t deliver onto anyone.
My funniest punch-buggy story remains to this day the time my youngest son was walking down the Wal-Mart toy aisle with my wife. She was holding his hand, walking him wherever his little five year old heart desired. He’s always been a very good shopper. No tantrums, no problems. When it was time to go, all we’d ever needed to say was; “that’s it, we have to go now” and he’d follow right along.
So my wife stops while he is looking at some toys on the shelves. On his other side is a taller woman also looking at the same toys as he.
Out of nowhere, he hauls off and slugs her. (Remember, he’s only five… it came off more as a tap than a slug.)
My wife’s jaw drops, but he isn’t looking at her… he’s looking at the woman he just punched. He then points to the shelf in front of them.
“Punch buggy no punch backs.” he says through a smile.
