h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

The rules of the game of backhoe roulette:
-Get all the balls in the bucket with one swing of the joystick.
-Watch out for the supernova bomb, don't touch that, it'll end the universe as we know it
-Eat an orange afterwards, for the vitamins
-Whoever wins first, wins.

('Backhoe'? Never heard a JCB called that before.)

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I used the term from the original story, but it could be a fronthoe as well, or a nohoe.

From the descriptions and pictures on Wikipedia, I believe I got the term right. It also says it's called a JCB in Britain and Ireland.

I like those rules of play, though I'm worried about that supernova bomb. I suspect I know kids who would touch it, just because you said not to...

I encountered something similar in Peru where any truck was called a Volvo, regardless of the actual brand. Something to do with good connections between the old regime and one truck manufacturer.