What is Punch-Mini?

I'll be the first to admit it, I'm not the most creative person. Punch-Mini is a variation on a game that many of us played during long car rides as a child: Punch Buggy. Don't you remember sitting in the backseat of your parent's car, when suddenly you saw a VW Bug up ahead. Glancing around to the rest of your family in the car, you realized that no one else had seen it yet. So you'd carefully select the most unassuming person in the car (usually your younger brother or sister) and you hauled off and punched them as hard as you could while yelling out;

"Punch Buggy no punch backs!!!!!"

This was usually followed by a yelp or a scream and your own self-satisfied grin. Ah yes, those were the good ol' days.

But even with the launch of the updated VW bug, buggy sightings are still pretty few and far between. (I personally blame the colours that they offer, but whateves). Now usually I find myself in the passenger seat, and it's not that I don't find enough to amuse myself with, but playing the Punch Buggy game with my fiancé provided minimal punching opportunities.

Enter the Mini Cooper.

Oh the beautiful Mini Cooper; red with racing stripes and black leather interior. What a beautiful sight to behold. Compact, retro, parking where your car can't park. Cute as a button. If I had a car, well, my friends, this would be the one.

One day in the passenger seat, the thought struck me that there were way more Minis around than Bugs and that this would make the Punch Buggy game much more interesting. If you stop and think about it (and now you will) you probably see at least 1 Mini per trip. (I live in the city, so they are pretty popular here. Hey maybe you could replace it with a Pick-Up in some other parts. There, I just made up another new game, no need to thank me; I'll give you that one).

Anyways, so I calmly waited, looking around for a Mini. It wasn't long until I saw one and my head filled with the same glee that I had been filled with as a child. I clenched my fist. I took aim. Then I hauled off and punched my unassuming fiancé in the arm and screamed:

"PUNCH-MINI NO PUNCH BACKS!!!!!!"

And that friends is how the game was born.