# 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:** 284
**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:** [November 22, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5665 "2023-11-22T19:27:18Z")
Happy Pre-Turkey 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, 2023, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5666 "2023-11-23T05:28:11Z")
I’ll take that and see you a pre-pumpkin pie 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 29, 2023, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5667 "2023-11-29T04:27:25Z")
Who can bump after all that turkey? ---
**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 30, 2023, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5668 "2023-11-30T02:24:37Z")
Lots of bumping in those football games, though. ---
**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 1, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5669 "2023-12-01T02:04:57Z")
How can you bump any pumpkin pie if you don’t bump your meat? Maybe that sounds wrong. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5670 "2023-12-01T16:07:24Z")
I’m sure Roger Waters would have agreed with the sentiment. And bumped the thread, too. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5671 "2023-12-01T16:10:25Z")
Bump-a-doodle-doo ---
**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 22, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5672 "2023-12-22T01:54:17Z")
This is the phrenology threat. Let me see your head. Oh _there’s_ a good 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 22, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5673 "2023-12-22T01:57:38Z")
I did what everybody suggested and got my head examined, but they didn’t find anything. Ba-dum-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:** [December 22, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5674 "2023-12-22T03:52:24Z")
Bump pump a rump rump. (The little Drummer boy is outta tune) ---
**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 28, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5675 "2023-12-28T14:24:58Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > This is the phrenology threat. Let me see your head. Don’t you bumpin’ threaten 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:** [December 28, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5676 "2023-12-28T16:03:13Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Don’t you bumpin’ threaten ME! No, no. I wasn’t suggesting retrophrenology (a la Pratchett). I wasn’t offering to _add_ a bump. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5677 "2023-12-28T17:06:25Z")
And yet, by posting here, you added a bump. As have I. ---
**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 31, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5678 "2023-12-31T02:49:36Z")
Does a bump in the thread make us all a little more emo? ---
**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:** [December 31, 2023, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5679 "2023-12-31T03:26:08Z")
“Don’t bump this thread?” Okay, I won’t. Ooops … ---
**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:** [January 11, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5680 "2024-01-11T16:09:16Z")
Can I still get a “happy new year” bump in, before the bumpin’ groundhog shows up? Guess so. 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:** [January 11, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5681 "2024-01-11T18:02:38Z")
I’d bump, but I don’t have anything I really want to say. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5682 "2024-01-18T19:06:22Z")
Yeah, maybe we should just tell people not to bump this thread anymore, and let it die. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5683 "2024-01-19T01:35:27Z")
Who will tell the people? And who will bell the cat? And who will bump the thread? (oh, that’d be 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:** [February 3, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5684 "2024-02-03T18:29:12Z")
Made it to the weekend. Bump. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859.md?page=283) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859.md?page=285)