# 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:** 272
**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 26, 2022, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5425 "2022-08-26T10:58:04Z")
What on Earth bumped me up early this morning? ---
**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 26, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5426 "2022-08-26T18:25:53Z")
I don’t know, but something bumped me up early as well. Oh, and 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:** [August 26, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5427 "2022-08-26T21:10:32Z")
I bumpled out of bed late this morning. Today is a day off, so that’s okay. ---
**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 29, 2022, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5428 "2022-08-29T08:21:40Z")
Had a great weekend. 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:** [August 29, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5429 "2022-08-29T15:06:45Z")
Oh gawd, it’s almost September. Who bumped the calendar? ---
**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:** [August 29, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5430 "2022-08-29T17:49:43Z")
It was only bumped three days. Really. 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:** [August 30, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5431 "2022-08-30T02:48:30Z")
Yes, but a long weekend is coming up. 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:** [August 30, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5432 "2022-08-30T04:03:47Z")
I forgot about that. That’s going to give me a three day week, next week. (The city closes every other Friday.) Bump. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5433 "2022-08-31T01:52:42Z")
There are too many people committing threadbumpery here. ---
**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, 2022, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5434 "2022-08-31T02:09:37Z")
Yes. Yes there are. [Diabolical laugh.] 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:** [August 31, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5435 "2022-08-31T02:58:41Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > That’s going to give me a three day week, next week. Um, it’s down to a one day week. The school one of my granddaughters attends is having a Grandparents Day and I’m invited. They’re far enough away that I took two days off. I’m supposed to bring an old photograph or “artifact”. I have a big yellow traffic bump that I could bring. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5436 "2022-08-31T23:45:53Z")
So many bumps, so little time… ---
**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:** [September 1, 2022, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5437 "2022-09-01T02:50:00Z")
You guys should just stop this. We’re s’posed to stop bumping. I think it’s in the rules. ---
**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, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5438 "2022-09-01T02:56:43Z")
> [@boson](#): > > I think it’s in the rules. They’re more like guidelines. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5439 "2022-09-01T03:12:37Z")
I would call them hints. ---
**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, 2022, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5440 "2022-09-01T03:14:30Z")
I was going to say that they are suggestions. 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 1, 2022, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5441 "2022-09-01T03:26:28Z")
Well, we sometimes get suggestive, too, so that fits. 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 1, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5442 "2022-09-01T16:39:26Z")
And sometimes we get fits. Bumpety 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 1, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5443 "2022-09-01T18:55:16Z")
And sometimes we fete gits. Bump. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5444 "2022-09-01T19:03:04Z")
> [@Quondam\_Mechanic](#): > > sometimes we get fits … and if we fits, we sits. _bump_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859.md?page=271) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859.md?page=273)