Yellow cars, Is this a thing?

[Toddlerteaplease]

All the students at work, told me that if you see a yellow car you pretend punch someone. And say yellow car no returns. I've never heard of it.

Yes we have adult kids and still play it. We have amnesty in places like Bournemouth, which is littered with yellow taxis.

My son when younger once pondered 'I wonder whether owners of yellow cars think that we live in a disproportionately violent world, because they are always seeing people thump each other whilst they are driving along?'

It's a great game.

I am currently the laughing stick of the ward.

Yes, we played as kids. I'm sure there's an episode of the Simpsons where they play this too

My kids do this!

@Toddlerteaplease
Never thought of this before but this might explain next doors cat's (TC) aggression. He's just playing 'Yellow car' with us.

I will see if I get a result when I go out in my yellow car tomorrow, may do as it is school holidays, I have never heard of this before, I have been driving round oblivious.

Played this for years. If you punch when the car isn't actually yellow (appears yellow from a distance but green up close, etc) then you get a four punch forfeit! Since we've had kids we added to it with pink car pinch, tractor rubs and speaking in a funny voice for purples! Oh and counting to ten in a foreign language for orange!

Yep, it's a thing! We did it as kids and although never played it with our teens, they've both started doing it - minus the punches

@Grumpyoldpersonwithcats you must be right!

I'm from london and we played yellow car although you used to shout YELLOW CAR and then punch your sibling in the arm 🙈

We played a red Mini version everyday on the drive to school 😀 Had totally forgotten!

DS's Godfather used to give his dc and any other child 50p every time they drove past a pink car.

We then moved house, and a house en route between Godfather and us had a pink car parked permanently in its driveway. He had to start shelling out quite considerably!

And yes, Yellow Car No Returns is definitely a thing

Yellow car no hit back.

My kids have been doing this for at least a year. Youngest tries to extend it to vans, lorries, people's coats...

We call it Banana Car, but same principle. When my DD was small there were no punches, we just counted. Now she's a bit older, punches are definitely involved

Where I'm from it's a VW Beetle (aka a bug). Upon seeing one you shout "punch buggy no punch-backs" and jab your mate in the shoulder 🤷‍♀️

I had never heard if this until a few years ago and I spent years driving a yellow car

Not yellow cars, but used to do 'gas van no return' with my siblings on trips...definitely involved a punch

Never heard of that - if I see a yellow car I usually say 'why would you want a yellow car?

We did it as kids.. Oh the bruises :p

Yep, yellow car, mini nip. Passing the mini garage always requires preparation.

We do that! South East. We don't pretend though!

Used to play it all the time on the school bus growing up and it was a punch not a pretend...
Now at 31, dh and I are in the middle of playing a long running game in the car.

Even ds has started shouting yellow car when he sees one, although we're keeping the hitting aspect out of it around him.

I'm 58 and Ive never heard of this!

Of course.

VW Beetles are referred to as punch cars here; DCs punch one another when they spot one.