Discrepancies on "Calling Shotgun"

[Guyon]

Big arguement in Chinese restaurant today regarding "calling shotgun"

It is my understanding that for a shotgun call to be valid, one must be exiting a building en route to the vehicle with a group.

For example:

Group leaves restaurant (all persons through door threshold) and shotgun is called, the call is VALID.

Group parks car before eating and shotgun is called for the ride home, the call is NOT VALID.

To me, this is logically clear, but one person vehemently disagreed. Calling shotgun here to me would be a chickensh1t rule.

Naturally, this is the shortest person in the group, and usually protests shotgun on any trip, making conversation unbearable for 5-10 minutes before going anywhere.

Also, are these extra shotgun rules valid?

For drunk driving situations and owner of vehicle is not driving, after SHOTGUN is called, owner may call OWNERSHIP, which supercedes shotgun. (Especially handy for the short guy in question).

When there is a situation with cramped seating, a SHOTGUN call may be superceded by a request (or demand) by the tallest group member to ride shotgun.

[Aloysius]

How do you get into a "big argument" about this?

-Al

[miajag]

- Shotgun may only be called when the car is in sight and not before

- The owner of the car does not need to call "ownership" or anything of the sort. His right to shotgun is inherent in owning the car.

[Spota]

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- Shotgun may only be called when the car is in sight and not before

- The owner of the car does not need to call "ownership" or anything of the sort. His right to shotgun is inherent in owning the car.

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Correct. I thought everyone knew this?

[GrandmaStabone]

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- Shotgun may only be called when the car is in sight and not before

- The owner of the car does not need to call "ownership" or anything of the sort. His right to shotgun is inherent in owning the car.

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MAN LAW!

[Villainaire]

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- Shotgun may only be called when the car is in sight and not before


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This makes the game pointless.

[Guyon]

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- Shotgun may only be called when the car is in sight and not before

- The owner of the car does not need to call "ownership" or anything of the sort. His right to shotgun is inherent in owning the car.

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MAN LAW!

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Dude, I love the Man Law premise, but the Man Law judiciary board leaves someting to be desired...(I sense another thread).

The deal behind the "OWNERSHIP" call in this instance has everything to do with the fact that the short guy in the OP's original story is that the guy's douched enough that he needs special terms to understand what inherent ownership calls would mean. He doesn't understand the word inherent. Yes, some of our friends are not smart at all.

[Guyon]

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How do you get into a "big argument" about this?

-Al

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A roundtable awash with half eaten Chinese dishes is conducive to such arguements.

[talentdeficit]

it's easy. you can't call shotgun unless you can see the vehicle. if at any point you can no longer see the vehicle without taking a couple of steps, your call is no longer valid. there is no time frame involved, and no one else has to be able to see the vehicle so long as you can and it's verifiable that you can see it and did call shotgun.

[New001]

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it's easy. you can't call shotgun unless you can see the vehicle. if at any point you can no longer see the vehicle without taking a couple of steps, your call is no longer valid. there is no time frame involved, and no one else has to be able to see the vehicle so long as you can and it's verifiable that you can see it and did call shotgun.

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But you also can't call it like in the OP as the group is exiting the vehicle. It has to be on the way back to it, too.