punchcar

[owner2]

Did anyone else play punchcar at school?if so was it a scottish game or nationwide?i still play it occasionally!

[justineo]

Hi owner2, sorry don't know what it is, could you explain, could be that it's called something different elsewhere.

[owner2]

it was a very simple and violent game.if you saw a vw beetle you were allowed to punch your schoolmate.hours of fun!

[justineo]

yes we did, sorry, didn't realise what you meant. I often went home from school with a dead arm:)

[cat woman]

It sounds like a up dated version they have today, its now called " Happy Slapping "

[AllYourBase]

They play something smiliar in the tv show "malcolm in the middle" except it's "yellow car". I found this out the hard way when driving an employee who is a fan of the show - she thumped me out of the blue whilst I was driving us along the A75! An apologetic explination followed!

[Chillum]

I was brought up in Aberdeen in the 60'/70's, and we played it. I remember "Anglia-Stranglia", you were allowed to strangle your pal if you spotted an Anglia, "Beetle-Back"(?) you were allowed to slap your opponent across the back. Different cars had different acts of violence associated with them, usually played on the top deck of a bus. All good hearty fun, or so I was told.

[Ouisch]

We did the same VW-Beetle punching game as kids, but we called it "Slug Bug."

[libertie]

I was brought up in Edinburgh and I've never heard of it!