# 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:** 16
**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/301 "2018-11-04T00:31:01Z")
There’s no bumping in baseball. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/302 "2018-11-04T04:07:39Z")
You can cry if you want to, though. I won’t mind. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/303 "2018-11-04T15:17:20Z")
Time got bumped back an hour. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/304 "2018-11-04T21:52:28Z")
Thanks for bumping my memory. I’d better change the clocks. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2018, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/305 "2018-11-04T22:39:13Z")
No wonder I feel.out of sorts. I don’t like falling back. I’d rather bump foward. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/306 "2018-11-04T22:43:07Z")
It’s a free country. For now. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/307 "2018-11-05T02:19:10Z")
Maryland’s “The Free State”? Bosh! ---
**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:** [November 5, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/308 "2018-11-05T03:42:24Z")
I like free samples. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/309 "2018-11-05T14:40:52Z")
Like of what? ---
**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:** [November 6, 2018, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/310 "2018-11-06T06:49:35Z")
Free samples at the liquor store are great, as long as you don’t bump the table. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/311 "2018-11-06T15:36:21Z")
I wouldn’t mind free samples at a bakery or candy store, whether or not anyone bumped the table. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/312 "2018-11-06T15:43:50Z")
What about freebies at a bank? Last week I got some pens, a laundry bag and a coffee refill, and I didn’t bump the table. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/313 "2018-11-06T16:57:47Z")
From a bank? I’d rather just have the cash. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/314 "2018-11-07T14:46:08Z")
Try to do that and you will be bumped off. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/315 "2018-11-07T15:44:41Z")
What, banks are hiring hit men now? ---
**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:** [November 8, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/316 "2018-11-08T05:21:30Z")
Depends on the bank. If you don’t make good on your repayment obligations to Don Vito’s Bank, well… ---
**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:** [November 8, 2018, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/317 "2018-11-08T07:02:17Z")
They’ll call the loan officer Mack the Knife. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2018, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/318 "2018-11-08T07:38:07Z")
Oh the shark bumps, With his teeth dear, And he keeps them, Pearly white. Just a big bump, Has MacHeath, dear, And he’ll use it, Way out of sight. ---
**Author:** ![Mumberthax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@Mumberthax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mumberthax)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/319 "2018-11-08T19:11:42Z")
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:** [November 13, 2018, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/320 "2018-11-13T06:17:55Z")
Heck, why not? Another bump. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859.md?page=17)