Roger

I live along the red BART line and find it convenient to take it to the penultimate stop, but I thought that was a very esoteric clue for non-Bay Area folks, especially for a Tuesday.

I knew it was Paulina because there’s only one Porizkova, but the Swedish part threw me off since she’s Czech. Check out her IG feed. She recently made a movie in the Czech Republic with two famous Czech actresses in her native language (hint: not Swedish). She is also engaged and getting married this summer to a guy who is perfect for her, and they even have a podcast out. She’s a very good human enjoying some of the best years of her life.

We never played padiddle, but it took me back to Alan Dundes’ folklore class years ago at Cal. There was at least one lecture on padiddle and all of the related games and activities people did while on the road. I still ask people from different parts of the country about the different games they played. Someone mentioned punch buggy in another comment, and there are a bunch of variations on that, too. So glad a friend had encouraged me to use one of my few electives on that class. What kinds of things did you do when you saw a car with one headlight out? What about when you saw a VW bug? Crossing railroad tracks? And, what part of the country are you from? Go Bears!