Les Jones

Travel > Driving Games

You probably know the game Punch Buggy. When you see a Volkswagen, you hit the arm of the person next to you and yell "punch buggy!"

Now there are spinoffs. When you see Chrysler's retro-wagon you hit the arm of the person next to you and yell "PT Bruiser!"

Melissa and I liked that so much we started playing it, and invented our own game. When we see Subaru's four wheel drive station wagon we hit each other's arm and yell "Outwhack!"

Yesterday on I-95 I invented another game: Meanie-Cooper!

When we were in Asheville last December, we had to suspend Outwhack. That town is so crunchy there was an Outwhack on every block. We saw eight or nine at the hippie flea market at Bio-Wheels.