# 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:** 189
**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:** [August 31, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/3764 "2020-08-31T19:12:39Z")
My bumpin’ computer died last night. Thankfully, I have a tablet, but I’m not used to it. Looks like I’ll head out to see if I can get the computer repaired later today. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/3765 "2020-08-31T20:54:09Z")
I don’t doubt that you know what you’re doing, **Spoons** , but often, repairing a computer these days is kind of like getting razor blades sharpened. If you bump 'em, you just dump 'em. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/3766 "2020-08-31T21:01:42Z")
Yeah. I plan to drop it off at the service desk, and look at new ones. Sigh. Oh, and 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:** [September 1, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/3767 "2020-09-01T03:03:19Z")
Sorry about your bumpin’ computer, **Spoons**. Hope you can get it fixed. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/3768 "2020-09-01T03:22:20Z")
It’s not looking good, according to the technician. They may be able to recover some or all data, but no guarantees. So I bit the bullet, and got a new one. What the bump, I needed a new one anyway. I just hope they can recover that data. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2020, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/3769 "2020-09-01T10:29:41Z")
A September 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:** [September 1, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/3770 "2020-09-01T13:58:32Z")
Can’t bump today, sorry. Maybe tomorrow. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/3771 "2020-09-01T18:04:58Z")
Welcome to Mr. Roget’s Neighborhood. Bump, clash, collide, bang, carom, crash, hit, knock, slam, strike, impinge, jar, jolt . . . Sorry about your computer **Spoons**. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/3772 "2020-09-01T21:18:19Z")
Great bump Yllaria! Very creative! Mine is just a plain ol’ bump. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/3773 "2020-09-02T02:07:08Z")
Ooops! 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:** [September 2, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/3774 "2020-09-02T03:33:26Z")
Time for another bump, I think. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2020, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/3775 "2020-09-02T07:57:24Z")
It’s always time for another 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:** [September 2, 2020, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/3776 "2020-09-02T09:16:27Z")
I agree. 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:** [September 2, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/3777 "2020-09-02T14:10:15Z")
And here I am to bump, too! ---
**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:** [September 2, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/3778 "2020-09-02T16:55:19Z")
Et tu, Bumpus? ---
**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:** [September 2, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/3779 "2020-09-02T20:32:09Z")
Nice Shakespearean bump! ---
**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:** [September 2, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/3780 "2020-09-02T22:10:20Z")
Made it to midweek. 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:** [September 3, 2020, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/3781 "2020-09-03T09:57:00Z")
Jeez, did we bump past midweek AGAIN? ---
**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:** [September 3, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/3782 "2020-09-03T13:28:10Z")
Bumpin’ too right, mate! ---
**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:** [September 3, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/3783 "2020-09-03T21:54:12Z")
Two things off my desk! Bump. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859.md?page=188) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859.md?page=190)