# Don't Bump This Thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 6, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859 "2018-09-06T04:16:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 139
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/2764 "2020-03-08T10:50:55Z")
> [@boson](#): > > The bumpman cometh. The iceman bumpeth. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/2765 "2020-03-08T20:26:15Z")
The bumpman always rings twice. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/2766 "2020-03-09T17:59:05Z")
To thine own bump be true. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/2767 "2020-03-09T18:40:12Z")
Threads that go bump in the night. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/2768 "2020-03-09T20:51:24Z")
It was a dark and bumpy night. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/2769 "2020-03-09T21:14:09Z")
It was the best of bumps, it was the worst of bumps… ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/2770 "2020-03-09T22:01:29Z")
In a hole in the ground there bumped a hobbit. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/2771 "2020-03-09T22:11:57Z")
I will not eat this oatmeal lump, I will not eat it, Sam-I-Bump. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/2772 "2020-03-09T22:20:09Z")
We have nothing to bump but bumping itself. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/2773 "2020-03-09T22:37:25Z")
Awwww. A Bump for the well wishers. (:)) ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/2774 "2020-03-10T01:29:32Z")
Bumpin’ bless you, bumpin’ Beck. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/2775 "2020-03-10T01:55:55Z")
Seconded! And thus, bumped. ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/2776 "2020-03-10T05:15:56Z")
Stone walls do not a prison bump. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/2777 "2020-03-10T05:48:38Z")
Razors pain you, The river’s a dump, Acids stain you, And drugs say “chump.” Guns aren’t lawful, Nooses slump, Gas smells awful. You might as well bump. – After Dorothy Parker’s “Resume.” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/2778 "2020-03-10T07:33:47Z")
Bravo, **Spoons**! I always bumpin’ loved that poem. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2020, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/2779 "2020-03-10T08:03:43Z")
Thanks, **Panache**. She’s one of my favourites, and I own a few of her first editions, one (_Death and Taxes_) actually signed by her, and with marginalia by her. Hey, try this: _I like to have a martini, Two at the very most. After three I’m under the table, After four I’m under my–umm, bump._ ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/2780 "2020-03-10T11:43:25Z")
That was a bumpin’ “host” of humor. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/2781 "2020-03-10T15:55:16Z")
Hey, Beck! If we’re doing first lines: The bump was on fire and it wasn’t my fault. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/2782 "2020-03-10T16:28:43Z")
So bump, bump I’ll make this thread jump. Right to the top I won’t ever stop Giving this thread a bump. You good Dopers Never let me slump. This will be the thread that I’ll bump. This will be the thread that I’ll bump. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/2783 "2020-03-10T21:14:21Z")
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