Padiddle, alternatively spelled pediddle or perdiddle, also known as "Popeye" due to it looking like one eye is out or squinting, is a Canadian and American slang term for a vehicle with a burnt-out headlight or brake light --or a game involving tallying up sightings of such vehicles. Fog lights do not count as a padiddle even if used as primary lights. There is no such thing as a double padiddle. It is also the name of a nighttime travel game involving spotting such vehicles. Cars with only one illuminated tail light are called pidadle in some areas of the country.
Another version of Padiddle involves spotting a yellow car, such as a taxi or sports car, and responding the same way. An optional variation involves calling out "Padunkle" upon spotting a car without headlights turned on at night, awarding the spotter double points. Padunkle is also known as a rear light being out.
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The objective is to be the first to spot a qualifying vehicle. The spotter must say "Padiddle" to earn a sighting. In some groups, the spotter must simultaneously hit the ceiling of the car or hit the window glass, and in others, punch or kiss another passenger. The person with the highest score at the end of the trip is the winner. In another version, the first person to get to 3 "padiddles" is the winner and gets to make a wish.
In some variants the last member of the car to punch the ceiling loses one article of clothing. Following this style of play, the winner is the last person wearing clothes in the car. This is sometimes played in teams where every member of the losing team most remove an article of clothing.
Other calls for padiddle include:
- Blue balls
- a car with blue headlights.
- Lance Armstrong
- a car with only one blue headlight.
- Wee woo
- an ambulance without its lights on.
- Party lights
- Cop cars with lights on.
- Padoodle
- Car with both lights off.
- Ripiddle
- Car with one tail light out.
Qualifying vehicles must be visible through the windshield of the vehicle, "Padiddles" seen through a side or rear-view mirror only count for half a point. A motorcycle misidentified as a Padiddle is a foul that awards the offender's partner a double hit or kiss.
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See also
- Car numberplate game § In North America
- Punch buggy
References
Source of article : Wikipedia
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