Where did the Volkswagen game come from?

I've always hated that little game where every time you see a Volkswagen (Mainly a Bug), you punch a person near you. What I want to know is who ever came up with that game. Where did it originate?|||Punch Buggy





Punch Buggy (also called slug bug or Punch Bug[1]) is a car game generally played by children in which participants punch each other in the arm upon first sight of a Volkswagen Beetle while calling out "Slug bug!" or "Punch buggy!" in reference to the Beetle's nickname, the Bug.





History


Most references about the game originate from unofficial sources and personal accounts from players. Estimates suggest that it has existed since the 1960s.[3]





As part of the Punch Dub marketing campaign run by Volkswagen, a man named Charlie "Sluggy" Patterson was presented as "the guy who made a game out of seeing VWs and punching his friends."[4] This campaign, launched in 2009, claims that the game was started "over 50 years ago." Though provided by the company itself, this history of the game presented in this ad is purely humorous historical fiction created[5] by the ad agency Deutsch Inc..|||Believe it or not the Volkswagen is German for the peoples' wagon.





The term was coined by Adolph Hitler who wanted a car for all the people. It was inexpensive, low maintenance and could be driven with ease. Hitler was also building the Autobahn, the roadway that speeds up time in traveling