# 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:** 286
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5705 "2024-08-04T19:50:51Z")
Hey folks, we’re winning! It’s been almost two months since this thread was bumped… ummm… Oh, well. ---
**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 4, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5706 "2024-08-04T20:24:00Z")
Have faith. We’ll eventually do it. Bump. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5707 "2024-08-07T17:37:05Z")
…and then all of the reporters were EJECTED!!! Oh wait, do I have the right thread? ---
**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 7, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5708 "2024-08-07T20:19:32Z")
Did they come down 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 10, 2024, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5709 "2024-08-10T08:31:38Z")
_I will not eat green eggs and rump,_ _I will not eat them, so I bump,_ _I will not eat them with a toad,_ _I will not eat them on the road,_ _I will not eat them, though you goad,_ _I will not eat that heavy load,_ _I will not eat green eggs and rump,_ _I will not eat them, so I 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:** [August 10, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5710 "2024-08-10T13:27:03Z")
Oh, well done! … doesn’t even need another **bump** right after all that! ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5711 "2024-08-17T15:09:39Z")
After realizing that bump rhymes with Trump I have suddenly a very bad feeling concerning this **bump**! Like if I just did something I should not have. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2024, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5712 "2024-08-20T03:36:52Z")
That bump was weird. ---
**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 5, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5713 "2024-09-05T16:56:37Z")
Eh. Not the weirdest bump we’ve ever had. ---
**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 13, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5714 "2024-09-13T13:08:26Z")
I know, you’re not supposed to say anything on this thread, but this is important: as Pogo’s friend Churchy used to say, Friday, the Thirteenth, falls on a Friday this month! ---
**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 13, 2024, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5715 "2024-09-13T13:30:27Z")
You can say what you want in this thread, just so long as you don’t bump it. ---
**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 17, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5716 "2024-09-17T17:46:47Z")
It’s only been 4 days? Seems like longer. ---
**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 17, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5717 "2024-09-17T17:52:32Z")
I don’t want Trump for president, but I don’t want someone to bump him off either. ---
**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 17, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5718 "2024-09-17T21:24:20Z")
Well, that’s why we have this thread. It fits all our bumping needs. ---
**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 19, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5719 "2024-09-19T17:14:00Z")
> [@Bump This Thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bump-this-thread/968522/255): > > Can’t bump today, sorry. Leaving on a trip to California. Then you should have posted here! ---
**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 15, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5720 "2024-10-15T14:59:46Z")
I would have not bumped, but I was feeling transgressive. And this is about as transgressive as I get. Bump. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5721 "2024-10-15T16:02:51Z")
As you command, so mote it be, Effendi ! ---
**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 27, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5722 "2024-10-27T04:13:49Z")
A pre-Halloween bump. Has this thread bump-bought any mini candy to give out? Have they made a bumping costume? ---
**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 27, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5723 "2024-10-27T13:22:13Z")
Maybe they could buy paste-on decals – you know, bumper stickers. I’ll go now. Bump. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5724 "2024-10-27T17:50:55Z")
But wouldn’t that make the recipients the bump-ees? Oops. Bump. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859.md?page=285) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859.md?page=287)