Car Game

While we were back in Ohio, we were listening to KLOVE, and the announcers were talking about car games. Someone called in to tell them about her car game. She said she had a large family (which immediately made my ears perk up!), with kids ranging in age from 21 down to 1. They like to play a game called "Banana!" while driving because even the youngest kids can play.

Here's what you do: you look for yellow cars. When you spot one, you shout, "Banana!" before anyone else! So see--it's easy as can be, which is why little kids can play. In fact, they are sometimes the best players! Bob and I are great for the first 4 minutes of the game, LOL, and then we get distracted. Hours later, "Banana!" rings out from the back of the van, from Jonathan.

At first there were legal questions pertaining to exactly which vehicles qualify as bananas. After much wrangling, we decided that yellow semis, cargo trucks (think: Penske), and school buses are "banana splits", but don't count for any points. Construction equipment doesn't count, but feel free to shout out anyhow.

Sometimes we switch it up and play "fruit salad" where you call out whatever fruit you think the paint colors of passing cars resemble. Props for unique fruits ("Kumquat!).

I bet you'll start noticing all those bright yellow cars out there! It turns out, they really are all around!