Epic one in GD

[SoxFan]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8232902&mesg_id=8232902

[madinmaryland]

1. Punch-buggy! No punch back!!

:rofl:

Only in GD!! They make they chicken wars in teh lounge look so tame!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. It's like a poor DUer's "scary racist cartoon penguin."

[mcctatas]

3. wow, someone was deprived of the joy of playing slug-a-bug as a child

my outrage meter must be malfunctioning :P

[EvolveOrConvolve]

4. Slug Bug is a time honored tradition in some places

I'm in my late 30's and I still play the game. Juvenile? Yes. Fun? Hell yes!

[Kali]

5. OMG!

a new classic!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. That's awesome! Another DUer in a state of high dudgeon

over something completely trivial. Slug-bug. Gotta love it.

:rofl:

[SoxFan]

7. What about rock-paper-scissors?

Does that reinforce stereotypical notions that are grounded in an acceptance of a patriarchal societal paradigm?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. What about dodge-ball?

What could be more symbolic of the unrestrained violence of modern society?

[SoxFan]

9. Don't get me started on Jacks

Nothing more than a stand-in for the relentless urge to extract minerals from the earth...

[one_voice]

10. Didn't everyone play..

punch buggy as a kid? I know I did.

We also played a card game called "knuckles" where the loser got whacked on the knuckles with the deck of cards a certain number of times. You could also give knuckle sandwiches..that's where you put your hand on half the deck, and the other half goes on top of your hand and then someone pounds your hand.

We played dodge ball too.

[foxfeet]

12. Honestly, until the VW commercial, I had never heard of, nor played

Slug-a-Bug or Punch Buggy nor any variation of the game. My reaction upon seeing the commercial was to think that, if anyone punched me like that, I'd deck 'em.

And no, I don't feel deprived. Just not part of my childhood reality. We gave each other "Dutch rubs" and "Indian burns.":P

[one_voice]

14. Oh yeah..

did the "Indian Burn" and "Noogies" (sp?) don't know what a "Dutch Rub" is though.

[foxfeet]

18. A Dutch Rub is vigorously rubbing the other person's scalp with your knuckles.

AFAIK, "Noogies" is the same thing.

[redqueen]

20. And slaps...

I wonder if anyone finds that offensive/traumatizing.

[Mojambo]

11. I can't believe slug bug would set someone off like that!

Hilarious.

[TreasonousBastard]

13. Classic OP. Just classic.

[unpossibles]

15. holy cow

My brother and I and some friends of mine used to beat the crap out of each other over slug-bug!

[petronius]

16. Some linguist needs to study the spatial pattern of "slug bug" versus "punch buggy"

(Of course, everyone knows that "slug bug" is the proper English version...)

[6000eliot]

17. Perhaps a cunning linguist?

[redqueen]

19. LOL... I knew which one it'd be

as soon as I saw the thread title. :)

[LynneSin]

21. Been there, done that, bought the souvenior T-shirt!

:woohoo:

[Soylent Brice]

22. i'm still in shock. i saw the thread, and even clicked on it eventually, but

i closed it before reading it because i realized i didn't give a shit about the topic (based on the thread title) and immediately lost interest.

wish i had stuck around...

i'm still in shock.

:rofl:

[skygazer]

23. It's threads like that one that keep me coming back

:rofl:

[Odin2005]

24. I can't beleive anyone hasn't heard of Slug-A-Bug.

:crazy: