# 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:** 276
**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:** [November 21, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5505 "2022-11-21T22:19:19Z")
Another pre-Thanksgiving bumpy-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:** [November 21, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5506 "2022-11-21T22:55:43Z")
Hint. If you ask for on-street, residential, ADA parking, don’t ask for it to be put in front of a neighbor’s house. 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 23, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5507 "2022-11-23T05:15:55Z")
The hell with the rules. 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:** [November 23, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5508 "2022-11-23T17:53:06Z")
Actually, ADA parking can be installed in front of a neighbor’s house IF the neighbor provides a concurrence letter allowing it. But usually, the request is submitted without talking to the neighbor at all. 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:** [November 23, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5509 "2022-11-23T23:00:58Z")
I’m doing a good job here – thirty days since I last came here and didn’t 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 26, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5510 "2022-11-26T05:15:40Z")
It’s been a while since I’ve been here, but I’m going to bump anyway. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5511 "2022-11-30T03:48:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > thirty days since I last came here and didn’t bump What is this, a BA (Bumpers Anonymous) meeting? My name is **purplehorseshoe** and I’m a bumper. _Bump_. See? ---
**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:** [November 30, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5512 "2022-11-30T04:17:09Z")
Fasten your seatbelts, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride… ---
**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:** [November 30, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5513 "2022-11-30T18:33:38Z")
We’re gonna need a bigger 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:** [November 30, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5514 "2022-11-30T18:54:54Z")
Will this do? **BUMP** ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5515 "2022-11-30T21:13:37Z")
Bump up the jam, bump it up, bump it up… ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5516 "2022-12-01T02:41:38Z")
I’m goin’ bump, so you better get this party started. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5517 "2022-12-05T18:16:57Z")
Bumps not required in France, according to [Lowering the Bar.](https://www.loweringthebar.net/2022/12/french-court-recognizes-basic-human-right-not-to-be-fun.html) (Nov 9, French court determines that employees cannot be fired for failing to participate in social activities with coworkers.) ---
**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:** [December 6, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5518 "2022-12-06T02:31:31Z")
Ohhhh, I don’t feel so good. Somebody hold back my hair, I’m gonna 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:** [December 6, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5519 "2022-12-06T04:44:42Z")
But can you bump while reciting the alphabet? ---
**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:** [December 8, 2022, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5520 "2022-12-08T06:34:37Z")
What, like three whole days and no … 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:** [December 8, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5521 "2022-12-08T23:22:31Z")
We’ve gone longer. 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:** [December 14, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5522 "2022-12-14T16:08:06Z")
Speaking of which - that was a six-day gap. We’re going to have lows to freezing for a week, according to the person in the household who checks ahead for the weather. Bump. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5523 "2022-12-15T22:10:45Z")
Betchya the next gap is longer. Oh, darn. 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:** [December 15, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5524 "2022-12-15T22:13:56Z")
See, that’s whatcha get for not following instructions. It said not to bump it, but could you resist? Noooooo. Bump. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859.md?page=275) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859.md?page=277)