punch yellow
do you remember
slug bug? when we were younger we played. i’m sure there are varying rules, but the main rule is basically getting
slugged, which, if playing against a stronger person, is not always fun.
well, my 6 year-old has apparently created his own version of the game. it’s called punch yellow. i have no idea how or where he got this idea, i can only surmise it is a spinoff of the original. in punch yellow, you have to watch for yellow cars. they cannot just have a yellow stripe, they have to be at least 90% yellow. most popularly this seems to involve Mustangs and Cavaliers.
Anyway, when you see the first one, you say "punch yellow". the second one becomes "punch two" then "punch three" and so on. and this is really odd: there is no punching on the part of the 6 year-old, however if an adult sees a car, says "punch (number)" and does not punch the 6 year-old, the point does not count, and you go back to your previous ’score’. of course you won’t see me hitting my boy as we drive down the road, but a tap on the shoulder seems to suffice, for now. and i’m going to regret the day that he realizes that he should be the one doing the punching…