"Bug! Navy bug!" Mom
"Is there an army bug? Or a Marines bug?" Dad
"Nope, just a navy bug." Mom
"It's a navy of one." Me
"Maybe we should make navy bugs worth just one point." Dad
"No, I don't like that idea." Me
::returning to a previous topic:: "And we can call you Philly." Dad
"Whatever for?" Me
"You were born in the Philippines." Dad
"Oh, I thought you meant Philadelphia--" Me
"Yeah, me too, and she's only been there once." Mom
"No, no. But you know, that's where Bug-less MacArthur was. He never got any bug points." Dad
"But he always keeps trying. He shall return!" Me
For the horribly confused, we play the bug game all the time (just ask Megan K), and have an elaborate but straightforward scoring system. Your basic old VW bug is worth one point. New bugs are worth two points. Accessories add an additional point each, including redness, convertibility, a mask, or significant decoration such as ears and a tail. It's a beautiful thing. :-)
During my childhood, we played a simpler version of this game on our very long drives to Illinois- when you saw a bug, you say, "Slug bug!" and punch your sibling. Fantastic. As the miles trailed on, the slugs became heartier and heartier until my parents changed the game: if you called a slug bug, you had to KISS your sibling.
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That's awesome. We never got into slugging, partly because we were girly and partly because we might have gotten into it too much... and our math skills can always use the practice. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI think, given the tilt in commonality, that old bugs should now get more points than new ones. There aren't as many on the roads as in days of yore....
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