# 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:** 283
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5645 "2023-10-08T22:03:23Z")
At least he didn’t have a thousand tails. ---
**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 12, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5646 "2023-10-12T01:15:52Z")
Just an old-fashioned bump song Comin’ down in three-part harmony. ---
**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 23, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5647 "2023-10-23T17:09:50Z")
Oh, it’s early in the morning And the dew is on the ground. The bump arises from his nest And gazes all around - From the boxcar, to the haystack He gazes everywhere And never turns back upon his track Until he’s beat a square. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5648 "2023-10-25T04:04:37Z")
I don’t recognize that last bump … lil’ bumpin’ help, please? ---
**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 25, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5649 "2023-10-25T17:33:35Z")
It’s the first verse of a song about hoboes that my dad used to sing. He said the “beat a square” meant travelling from the east coast to the west coast and from north to south. Which is why the next verse goes - Oh, I’ve worked my way from Frisco Bay To the rockbound coast of Maine, Canada and Mexico and wandered back again. I’ve met Tomtoms and Harvest Bulls As tough as a cop can be I’ve been in every calaboose In this Lane of Liberty. 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:** [October 25, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5650 "2023-10-25T17:43:59Z")
What a helpful, informative, AND entertaining bump! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5651 "2023-10-25T17:49:09Z")
Come for the bumps; stay for the information and entertainment. ---
**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 25, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5652 "2023-10-25T21:36:22Z")
I may be able to find it on YouTube when I get home. Hoboes were apparently a theme for popular songs at one time. Almost forgot - bump. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5653 "2023-10-26T19:02:37Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Hoboes were apparently a theme for popular songs at one time. You mean like _Trailers for sale or rent Rooms to let, 50 cent No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain’t got no cigarettes. I smoke Old stogies I have found Short but not too big around. I’m a Man of means by no means. King of the Road_ ---
**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 27, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5654 "2023-10-27T19:40:03Z")
It’s called [The Bum Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CynLdVRN8ZM) (1928). I had forgotten the first verse and it looks like my dad had forgotten a couple of others. Now I need to look up _Halleluiah, I’m a Bump._ ---
**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:** [October 29, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5655 "2023-10-29T01:46:06Z")
Halleluiah, bump 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:** [October 29, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5656 "2023-10-29T03:20:54Z")
[Hallelujah one more time.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uKbIkYGsIg) 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:** [November 3, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5657 "2023-11-03T00:42:20Z")
A November bump. No big thing, just a little 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:** [November 3, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5658 "2023-11-03T00:58:39Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Hoboes were apparently a theme for popular songs at one time. So that was a hobump. ---
**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 3, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5659 "2023-11-03T01:15:11Z")
I looked, but couldn’t find any more hobo songs from 1928 on YouTube. I’ll just bump along. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5660 "2023-11-05T02:23:17Z")
Was out doing a training ride today, and crossed over a place where there was some construction going on. There was a warning sign up that said “Bump” So, here it is. ---
**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 5, 2023, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5661 "2023-11-05T03:00:42Z")
And it made you think of this thread? Cool. 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:** [November 17, 2023, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5662 "2023-11-17T03:26:17Z")
Do you realize how long it’s been since somebody didn’t not bump this thread? Bump. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5663 "2023-11-17T23:05:14Z")
I noticed the bumpiness of the thread running. Bumps in the road, I guess. Yeah… And Bump, btw ---
**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 18, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5664 "2023-11-18T01:19:47Z")
Aw, c’mon. It wasn’t even two weeks. Bump. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859.md?page=282) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859.md?page=284)