# 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:** 269
**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:** [July 19, 2022, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5364 "2022-07-19T10:34:26Z")
The things that are growing the fastest in our yard are the weeds coming through the cracks in the driveway. 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:** [July 19, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5365 "2022-07-19T19:04:31Z")
Yeah, I’ve got thistles coming up in the back yard. They handle drought really well. 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:** [July 19, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5366 "2022-07-19T21:11:47Z")
Thank goodness there are no thistles here. 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:** [July 20, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5367 "2022-07-20T00:24:24Z")
I envy you. There is an unkempt alley behind us. There will be thistles. Bump. Also, ouch! ---
**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:** [July 20, 2022, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5368 "2022-07-20T06:59:20Z")
Yeah, a few thistles here too. 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:** [July 20, 2022, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5369 "2022-07-20T07:05:12Z")
My problem is Manitoba maples. Their seeds get everywhere, and sprout where they are least wanted. 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:** [July 20, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5370 "2022-07-20T11:55:40Z")
Here, in town, if you look right on the line between two properties, you’ll often see an ailanthus growing where each neighbor left it to the other to pull the small weed that eventually grew into an obnoxious tree. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5371 "2022-07-22T02:31:40Z")
Some damned bugs ate all the leaves of my infant Pecan tree. 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:** [July 22, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5372 "2022-07-22T03:00:53Z")
Sympathies to all bug-attacked trees. 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:** [July 22, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5373 "2022-07-22T16:13:43Z")
Everything around here that can possibly grow, is. 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:** [July 22, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5374 "2022-07-22T20:14:45Z")
I need to mow the lawn tomorrow. 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:** [July 24, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5375 "2022-07-24T12:32:42Z")
I needed to mow the lawn last week. Haven’t got around to it yet. 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:** [July 24, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5376 "2022-07-24T16:12:18Z")
Neither have I. Bump. ---
**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 24, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5377 "2022-07-24T17:43:51Z")
My grandson mows mine. Bumpity 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:** [July 25, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5378 "2022-07-25T01:28:45Z")
I don’t have a lawn. Good thing, 'cuz I don’t have a grandson either. I just gotta bump. ---
**Author:** ![CorpusNeptune](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corpusneptune/32/17561_2.png) [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5379 "2022-07-25T02:00:53Z")
Speaking of lawns, there was a pretty big storm in Wisconsin just the other day. No damage on my end thankfully, but I spent a whole day helping clean my grandpa’s lawn of branches and such. It was hard, but I’m happy to help out my grandpa. 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:** [July 25, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5380 "2022-07-25T15:37:45Z")
I can’t get to my lawn today. Rain is in the forecast. Bump. ---
**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, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5381 "2022-07-25T15:53:45Z")
(Ha ha. Now that everyone is distracted by my other thread I am free to bump this thread at will. Rubs hands. Cackles, a little too loudly. Decides one needs a snack.) ---
**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, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5382 "2022-07-25T16:52:38Z")
Still need to mow lawn. The odds of it happening after a work day are slim. Oh, well. I managed to water the beds. Early Monday is after 6 PM Sunday, right? (Water restrictions.) Bump. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5383 "2022-07-26T13:35:57Z")
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