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Is Whack A Mole still a thing?

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TinselAngel · 05/08/2025 16:32

I’m in a popular seaside town with loads of arcades but am disappointed to have not yet found a Whack A Mole. Are they still a thing or am I way behind the times?

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ButteredRadish · 05/08/2025 21:07

The caravan park we go to has a Minion whack a mole! Extremely annoying and I can hear the little minion song it sings in my head now just thinking about it 🟡🔵🟡🔨

CozyCoupe · 05/08/2025 21:57

We had whack-a-mole at our kids school summer fayre this year!

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 05/08/2025 22:12

CozyCoupe · 05/08/2025 21:57

We had whack-a-mole at our kids school summer fayre this year!

I’ve seen it at Gdcs’ school fair, too.

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Yogibearspicnic · 06/08/2025 07:31

Don’t know if people are getting mixed up with Bat the Rat here. Go to any seaside resort with arcades though and bound to be one there, usually near the front

TinselAngel · 06/08/2025 08:12

Yogibearspicnic · 06/08/2025 07:31

Don’t know if people are getting mixed up with Bat the Rat here. Go to any seaside resort with arcades though and bound to be one there, usually near the front

Yes that’s what I thought but have you looked recently?

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TinselAngel · 06/08/2025 08:12

ButteredRadish · 05/08/2025 21:07

The caravan park we go to has a Minion whack a mole! Extremely annoying and I can hear the little minion song it sings in my head now just thinking about it 🟡🔵🟡🔨

Edited

I’ve never seen Whack a Minion!

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TinselAngel · 06/08/2025 08:18
Clash Royale Goblin GIF by Clasharama

Heres the nearest gif MN offered me, to clear up any Whack a Mole/ Splat the Rat confusion.

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Mochudubh · 06/08/2025 08:21

Nothing to add other than I only realised the other day that Whack-a-mole is a play on Guacamole and I'm now wondering if it should be pronounced whacamoley.

I love the minions, not sure I could whack them.

Yogibearspicnic · 06/08/2025 08:30

Not convinced by the guacamole thing as was from 70’s originally.

I guess maybe not as popular as once was, but places like Blackpool/Great Yarmouth still have them.

DappledThings · 06/08/2025 08:31

DD played whack an alien just yesterday at a Flip Out

LightCameraBitchSmile · 06/08/2025 09:17

I don’t see anything to indicate people are confused with splat a rat, which I’ve only ever seen at school fairs!

arcades where we go have whack a mole though yeah!

Mochudubh · 06/08/2025 09:18

Yogibearspicnic · 06/08/2025 08:30

Not convinced by the guacamole thing as was from 70’s originally.

I guess maybe not as popular as once was, but places like Blackpool/Great Yarmouth still have them.

You're quite right.

I thought I had a lightbulb moment but I was actually a bit dim.

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Yogibearspicnic · 06/08/2025 09:33

LightCameraBitchSmile · 06/08/2025 09:17

I don’t see anything to indicate people are confused with splat a rat, which I’ve only ever seen at school fairs!

arcades where we go have whack a mole though yeah!

Two people saying had seen whack-a-mole at school fairs. I was presuming they meant bat/splat the rat, as opposed to the large, heavy, electronic arcade game.

TinselAngel · 06/08/2025 15:57

Yes the arcade game isn’t very portable.

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mamagogo1 · 06/08/2025 16:03

Saw it at the weekend. But has anyone seen one of those western style air rifle ranges where you get squirted with water? Dh has never seen one so i wanted him to experience the it! Bonus if it’s in Somerset or e /n Devon!

HoobleDooble · 06/08/2025 18:44

Thought you were referring to my daily life with a job, an elderly demanding mother and an AuDHD teenage son. It’s how I describe it on a regular basis 😁

Yogibearspicnic · 07/08/2025 07:49

mamagogo1 · 06/08/2025 16:03

Saw it at the weekend. But has anyone seen one of those western style air rifle ranges where you get squirted with water? Dh has never seen one so i wanted him to experience the it! Bonus if it’s in Somerset or e /n Devon!

They have them in a couple of the arcades in Blackpool, but I can’t remember which ones exactly!

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