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Re: No W
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Thu, 20 May 1999 05:49:49 GMT
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Yea, I call it "slug bug" as well.  But we play a different game. VW products
(at least the classic ones) are worth points:
1 point:    Beetle or New Beetle, Beetle Bus or Van.
2 points:  Karmann Ghia
3 points: Thing, hatchback sedan/station wagon.
Jackpot:  Schwimmwagon (sp?)  (never got that one)

This game gets *highly* competitive.  But without the problem of fists flying
around.

Note that Rabbits/Golf's, pickups and mainstream vehicles like Jetta's and the
like are considered worthless.  The only concession to "new" products are Vans
and New Beetles.  :-)

Speaking of which, have you seen the newish Vanagon with front end that sticks
out - much like just about every other minivan in the world?  Did a double take
on that one.

-- Terry K --

On Wed, 19 May 1999 17:04:24 GMT, blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss) wrote:

Oh!  You mean "Slug Bug!"

A game that has enjoyed a recent resurgence of popularity in the Bliss
household.  Or at least in the Bliss car-hold.

Steve

On Tue, 18 May 1999 13:41:25 GMT, Christopher Masi
<cmasi@cmasi.chem.tulane.edu> wrote:

You see a Punch Buggie (same game slightly different name), you yell Punch
Buggie [color] and you punch your brother or sister. When VolksWagen ships
cars to Spain do to they replace the VW badge with a badge that says "V"?

"Selçuk " wrote:

Thomas Main wrote in message <3741C0D7.61E1C501@appstate.edu>...
Robert Brunskill wrote:

I believe it is the case that several European languages don't have the
letter 'W'. I know it isn't in the Spanish language.

How odd. How do Spanish people play "punch bug?"  "Hey look, there's
another Five."

--
Thomas Main
main@appstate.edu


Maybe they don't. We don't have "w" in our alphabet, and I don't know
anything about what the "punch bug" is..:-)

(we several other letters by the way : Öö, Çç, Üü, and others that you
cannot see if I type..:-)

Selçuk





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(...) We used to play this game, though only with the regular breed of Bug. Our version was called "Herbie," after the lamentable Disney movie of the same name that starred a VW. You'd say "Herbie [color]" and get a point; convertables were prized (...) (26 years ago, 20-May-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
  Re: No W
 
We call it Slug Bug too, only for many years we had to change the rules, My brother and I still play to this way.. Though we knew where they all were in town.. so we made a deal that we couldn't use parked ones. They have to be moving or sitting at (...) (26 years ago, 21-May-99, to lugnet.general)

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Oh! You mean "Slug Bug!" A game that has enjoyed a recent resurgence of popularity in the Bliss household. Or at least in the Bliss car-hold. Steve (...) (26 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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