# Bump This Thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 25, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-this-thread/968522 "2022-07-25T13:45:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-this-thread/968522/1 "2022-07-25T13:45:23Z")
I could not help noticing how lousy many of you are at directions… Tell you not to bump a thread and it somehow persists years later. Bump this thread! (Unless you are too passive aggressive and think you’re rebellious by only bumping threads where it is clearly being discouraged.) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-this-thread/968522/2 "2022-07-25T14:52:00Z")
Ha! I knew two threads sharing the same dumb idea was too much. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-this-thread/968522/3 "2022-07-25T14:53:35Z")
I just didn’t want to be first. Bump. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-this-thread/968522/4 "2022-07-25T15:15:09Z")
Naah, these are just replies. A real bump would be months later. A zombie would be years. I’ll set my alarm… ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-this-thread/968522/5 "2022-07-25T15:38:55Z")
Well, I refuse to bump this thread. Oh, wait … ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-this-thread/968522/6 "2022-07-25T15:46:34Z")
Moved to Thread Games. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-this-thread/968522/7 "2022-07-25T18:58:06Z")
I’m 'way too busy right now to bump this thread. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-this-thread/968522/8 "2022-07-25T19:08:08Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Tell you not to bump a thread and it somehow persists years later. I forget who first said it: “Tell someone that there are 50 gazillion stars in the sky, and they’ll believe you. But if the sign says “WET PAINT” they have to touch it to be sure.” ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-this-thread/968522/9 "2022-07-25T19:17:30Z")
Hey Thread. How YOU doin’? How about we go back to my place? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-this-thread/968522/10 "2022-07-26T18:37:14Z")
I’ll do a bump. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-this-thread/968522/11 "2022-07-26T18:50:15Z")
I have a little more time today, so I will too. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-this-thread/968522/12 "2022-07-26T22:33:28Z")
Too busy right now. Maybe this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-this-thread/968522/13 "2022-07-27T04:31:45Z")
Well, you know– Oh hell. There’s the phone. Back later. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-this-thread/968522/14 "2022-07-27T13:33:04Z")
Tempus bumpit. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-this-thread/968522/15 "2022-07-27T20:36:24Z")
Ooo, Latin (sort of)! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-this-thread/968522/16 "2022-07-28T02:05:15Z")
_Ex turpi causa non oritur bumpio._ (“No bump can arise from an illegal act.”) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-this-thread/968522/17 "2022-07-28T02:09:51Z")
Illegitimi non totembump carborundorum? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-this-thread/968522/18 "2022-07-28T18:47:44Z")
_E pluribus bumpum_ ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-this-thread/968522/19 "2022-07-28T18:57:02Z")
Ad bumpum astra. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-this-thread/968522/20 "2022-07-28T20:41:33Z")
Quod erat bump [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-this-thread/968522.md?page=2)