# 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:** 282
**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 15, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5625 "2023-09-15T16:17:56Z")
Oh, ouch. Bump, bump, bump \<= my head against my desk. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5626 "2023-09-16T02:59:10Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > If a baseball player runs into the guy who calls balls, strikes, safe, and out, is that a bUmp? No, that’s an automatic ejection. ---
**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 20, 2023, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5627 "2023-09-20T02:36:03Z")
Arr! Shiver me timbers, I’ve bumped the thread again! ---
**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 20, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5628 "2023-09-20T20:22:19Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > Baker’s Dozen category! 13 Famous Bumps > > 1. Bumplestiltskin > 2. Humpty Bumpty > 3. Natty Bumppo That was from 2018. Let’s add: 4. Bumpfry Bogart. > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Bundt pies? Don’t get my hopes up like that! Did anyone actually try this? It sounds promising. And this could be #5 - > [@Spoons](#): > > So said Don Bumpleone. This could be #6. > [@Spoons](#): > > “Bump. James Bump.” Only 7 famous bump-names to go. Only 5 years late. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5629 "2023-09-20T20:36:24Z")
Gotta get my Bump in before the new rules make this thread illegal. (Only one bump to be allowed per thread!) Uh, Delores Bumpbridge, currently of Azkabump. ---
**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 20, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5630 "2023-09-20T21:06:30Z")
Let’s see if I can do a list. 1. Bumplestiltskin 2. Humpty Bumpty 3. Natty Bumppo 4. Bumpfry Bogart 5. Don Bumpleone 6. Bump. James Bump 7. Delores Bumpbridge (currently of Azkabump) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5631 "2023-09-20T23:57:51Z")
1. Bumplestiltskin 2. Humpty Bumpty 3. Natty Bumppo 4. Bumpfry Bogart 5. Don Bumpleone 6. Bump. James Bump 7. Delores Bumpbridge (currently of Azkabump) 8. Bump Wills, Texas Rangers second baseman 9. Bum(p) Philllips, former football coach ---
**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 21, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5632 "2023-09-21T18:48:09Z")
1. Bumplestiltskin 2. Humpty Bumpty 3. Natty Bumppo 4. Bumpfry Bogart 5. Don Bumpleone 6. Bump. James Bump 7. Delores Bumpbridge (currently of Azkabump) 8. Bump Wills, Texas Rangers second baseman 9. Bum(p) Philllips, former football coach 10. Bumpdicca - brave Celtic queen who rebelled against the Romans ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5633 "2023-09-22T02:46:25Z")
[quote=“Yllaria, post:5632, topic:820859”] - Bumplestiltskin - Humpty Bumpty - Natty Bumppo - Bumpfry Bogart - Don Bumpleone - Bump. James Bump - Delores Bumpbridge (currently of Azkabump) - Bump Wills, Texas Rangers second baseman - Bum(p) Philllips, former football coach - Bumpdicca - brave Celtic queen who rebelled against the Romans - Englebert Bumpernick ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5634 "2023-09-22T03:09:24Z")
“Don’t bump this thread.” YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME! ---
**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 22, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5635 "2023-09-22T18:02:22Z")
We’re up to eleven! Only two more to go. Now don’t ask me if I have projects that are five years old and still not done at home. I’ll just 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 26, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5636 "2023-09-26T00:52:44Z")
Rumors of gunshot(s) near our building. I did not hear them because I was in the bathroom. Traffic is being re-routed. Turns out that when engineers hear gunshots, the go to the window to see what’s going on. Bump. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5637 "2023-09-26T18:56:02Z")
The Man from B.U.M.P.L.E. ---
**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 27, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5638 "2023-09-27T03:20:08Z")
Illya Kurbumpin RIP ---
**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 27, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5639 "2023-09-27T05:36:33Z")
Is that 12 or the whole 13? 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:** [October 2, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5640 "2023-10-02T23:50:43Z")
A Hallowe’en things-that-go-bump-in-the-night 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:** [October 3, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5641 "2023-10-03T02:26:14Z")
I’ll add Merv Bumpkinhead, from Sandman, to be sure it’s finished. He’s very Halloweenish. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2023, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5642 "2023-10-03T08:53:27Z")
Wasn’t there a black cat in “A Tale of a Thousand Cats”? Oh, and bump. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5643 "2023-10-03T15:17:57Z")
Wouldn’t a thousand cats have a thousand tails? I’ll see myself out. 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:** [October 3, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5644 "2023-10-03T17:31:30Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Wasn’t there a black cat in “A Tale of a Thousand Cats”? Yes, and it was, indeed, a spooky black cat. Who had more than a thousand tales. Bump. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859.md?page=281) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859.md?page=283)