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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting I thought the only rule was if you see a yellow car you say spotto.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is this article? Some random family made their own rules for spotto. Every family has their own rules. How is the newsworthy?

[–] assassinatedbyCIA 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but does every family have a journo friend who will publish it in one of the nations biggest news websites. I don’t think so.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm in the U.S. and I'm intrigued that you all seem to have different in-car/on-road games, though this article claims it's international. Fascinating.

Do you all also play "Punch Bug/Punch Buggy?"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeh, self proclaiming "international rules" is utter bullshit, they could maybe claim national but this doesnt follow the rules as I know them from the UK.

Also who wants "points" it is all about an excuse to beat on siblings or friends when younger.

I have heard of "punch buggy" because of the internet but never knew of that as a thing when I was younger. We did the same thing but for minis and there was no name for it you just shouted MINI as your fist was flying in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What about Padiddle?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

though this article claims it's international

It doesn't really claim it's international other than saying a family named it "international" as a kind of family in joke to appease their daughters in a rules argument

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I use to play punch bug as a kid but there aren’t too many of those left on the roads these days.

I have also driven a yellow car for more than 10 years and was not aware my car was a spotto until the last 6 months and now as I drive around I can see kids calling it out in the streets as I pass.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I might create the Lighthouse Spotting Federation now, just in case people were confused about seeing lighthouses.