At what age do bagsies and 'shotgun' and the like stop working?
My mate bagsied the last slice of pizza last night, and shotgunned the passenger seat of a taxi on Friday. This has me wondering if there's a point when they no longer work, considering I've not used either in recent memory.

Do you have any local or family equivalents, or simple ways to block these all-powerful phrases? Edit: other than the obvious 'get new friends'.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 11:08, 26 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

well Birthdays trump everything else.
That's the main rule in our family. Other then that - there is no age limit :P My Oma played it when we went to visit her a few years back, and she's in her 80's.
(Poppet some assembly required., Wed 30 Sep 2009, 11:18, Reply)

Is that so?
The day improves....
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 11:20, Reply)

If you hear someone being told off
or if visiting friends and one of them delivers a good put-down to their partner (the snappier the better), then it is required that you interject with "Get told!"

Friend (to partner): "Are you going to go put the kettle on then or what?"
Partner: "You invited him, you do it!"
Noely Noel: "Get told! Haha"
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 11:20, Reply)

That does sound like me.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 11:26, Reply)

Though
it might sound odd coming from someone over the age of 18 at the most. You might sound like someone who's trying to "get down with the yooths". A bit like shiny-faced PM wannabe, David Cameron
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 11:28, Reply)

My mate's almost 40.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 11:29, Reply)

It'll be all the more effective then
especially if he's older than you. Even more so if you're at most in your late teens like PsychoChomp.

If that's the case, he may be grooming you (your mate, not PsychoChomp)
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 11:30, Reply)

We do "Get told!"
Or "Get buzzed-off!"
[To 'buzz-off' (to mock) is not the same as to 'buzz off' (to leave quickly)]
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 11:36, Reply)

Never heard of get told
But shotgun rules are eternal. I've not bagsied anything in years though.
( Peej, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 11:38, Reply)

I find that
constantly poking someone in the ribs saying 'do it, do it, do it, DO IT' usually does wonders... or gets you a slap, depending on who you're doing it to
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 30 Sep 2009, 11:42, Reply)

*hissss*
Where you been?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 11:45, Reply)

Is it wrong that while
you're saying "Do it do it do it" I'm internally hearing the beginning of Ready For The Floor by Hot Chip.

I feckin love Hot Chip.
( djtrialprice, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 12:26, Reply)

Internally hear away
I won't stop ya! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 30 Sep 2009, 12:40, Reply)

Say-say-say-ss-it-ssay-it-now
*squelchy synth noises*
( djtrialprice, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 12:44, Reply)

I totally saw them at Glastonbury last year,
they were a highlight.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 12:49, Reply)

I could have seen in Cambridge before they were famous
One of the few bands from round these here parts that gigged locally before they made it big :(
( djtrialprice, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 12:56, Reply)

They had a "big band" kind of thing on stage,
it was really good, I fucking love Glastonbury.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 13:02, Reply)

"I totally saw... "
Totally???

The evidence is stacking up that you're a 14 year old girl
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 13:05, Reply)

totally.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 13:23, Reply)

I've been around
*shifty eyes*
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 30 Sep 2009, 12:39, Reply)

Poor ol' DiT
He's had to settle for the village bike :C
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 13:06, Reply)

^ that
Doity nemesis
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 13:08, Reply)

early 20s
Friend used to shotgun everything.

"Shotgun front seat in the car!" (which I think is what calling shotgun originally was for)

There was a small group of us piling into the car. Another larger mate goes up to first friend and shoves him half a mile out of the way.

"Look, you don't have a car, you don't drive any of us around. I do. When I'm the passenger I get to ride in the front. Don't give me any of your shotgun pish!"

The shotgun calling ended.
( djtrialprice, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 12:23, Reply)

I'm of the belief that shotgun
should only refer to the passenger seat in the front of a car (or wagon)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 12:49, Reply)

I agree
but when I am driving I reserve the right to shout reload if I don't want someone next to me
( Peej, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 13:00, Reply)

now that
is a quality retort
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 15:28, Reply)