Bald Men's Car

[kalbo]

This is a little trivia in the Philippines. Back in my younger days, there was a running joke among children that whoever sees a VW Beetle first must make a gesture of salute and flicks the ear of his/her friend and say the phrase "pendong, may kalbo". It also became a "tradition" whenever a bald man passes by.
It is not as popular today as it was back in the 80's and 90's.

[Slyfive]

In NZ, you say punchbuggy (insert colour of VW beetle here) and then punch them in the arm... that one was a bit of an oddity when I first came over from the UK, being punched because of a car... Ahhh childhood

[Lynchy]

In NZ, you say punchbuggy (insert colour of VW beetle here) and then punch them in the arm... that one was a bit of an oddity when I first came over from the UK, being punched because of a car... Ahhh childhood

Lol same here in Oz.... Nothing like punching a friend for no real reason!

[Mikekoz13]

In NZ, you say punchbuggy (insert colour of VW beetle here) and then punch them in the arm... that one was a bit of an oddity when I first came over from the UK, being punched because of a car... Ahhh childhood

Same here in Pennsylvania, USA... my two kids are constantly doing this.

[SlyAggie]

We used to call it slug bug, and punch!

[4fit]

A '96 Jeep Cherokee is also a bald man's car 

[Sir Harry]

In NZ, you say punchbuggy (insert colour of VW beetle here) and then punch them in the arm... that one was a bit of an oddity when I first came over from the UK, being punched because of a car... Ahhh childhood

Same here in Pennsylvania, USA... my two kids are constantly doing this.

Funny...my kids are doing this too! They punch me and each other and holler out (color) one!....We have a new rule that says if you say the wrong color, the person you hit can hit you back and say "Wrong color!"

[RoWilJr]

We used to call it slug bug, and punch!

Yup... Slug bug!. POW!!!

[Baldstu]

My  neighbour had one for years   , very collectable  , air cooled engine a swine to start in cold weather  .

[Mikekoz13]

Last night I saw a commercial for the BRAND NEW punch buggy from VW..... starting price...... $19,975!!! No thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Snakehandler]

My children were born in the 70s & 80s. They played slug bug all the time. Especially on road trips. Haha, they still do as adults and taught it to my grandchildren 😄😄

[kalbo]

Thanks for all the replies guys. Now I know where this "tradition" came from.

[Baldstu]

Not sure im keen on the idea of a specific car for bald guys , Maybe thats a red Ferrari Testarossa or a Porsche , or my humble Fiat . The Vw is an amazing car of its time started in the 30s in nsdap days , the peoples car .
Just got memories of my neighbours giving up with it on cold snowy days cos the beetle would not start

[MikeM]

I grew up down the street from a shop that specialized in converting old Beetles into off-road dune-buggy kind of things. So there was plenty of punch-buggying among the kids.

[mangosink12572]

Had three of  those (VW)  growing up in my late teens and twenties.  I did 200,000 miles  on one of them (had a new engine put in at 140,000 miles) - -

-I would love to have the one you have pictured.