# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 292
**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:** [February 15, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5825 "2026-02-15T16:06:32Z")
Brings to mind a [Three Stooges number.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdysjc7D0JU) But the thread must not be bumped any further. Who knows what might happen? ---
**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:** [February 15, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5826 "2026-02-15T16:17:32Z")
Nothing ever really happens. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5827 "2026-02-15T18:36:10Z")
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**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:** [February 15, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5828 "2026-02-15T21:14:46Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > B With @Frodo , of b-ing and nothingness. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5829 "2026-02-16T13:17:26Z")
To B or not to B. That is the question. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2026, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5830 "2026-02-23T09:23:45Z")
Whether 'tis nobler … Aw, the hell with quoting Shakespeare. Bump. So there! ---
**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 23, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5831 "2026-02-23T21:06:48Z")
[Shakespeare bump](https://www.shmoop.com/shakespeare-words/bump.html), or so 'tis claimed. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2026, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5832 "2026-02-23T22:32:29Z")
And Cervantes too! And by the **[correct](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare)** calendar as computed today on top of that. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2026, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5833 "2026-05-18T00:27:00Z")
You couldn’t pay me to bump this thread. Well, maybe you could – make me an offer! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5834 "2026-05-18T00:54:19Z")
Almost three months. Sooooooo close… ---
**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:** [May 18, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5835 "2026-05-18T00:57:52Z")
Do you realize what you’ve done?! _It wasn’t bloodshed I wanted!_ ---
**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:** [May 18, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5836 "2026-05-18T15:15:39Z")
Has The Bump been revived as a dance? I’m not up on these things. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5837 "2026-05-18T15:31:06Z")
“Noli hunc filum promovere.” - (Marcus Aurelius, ~172 CE.) ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5838 "2026-07-27T17:57:53Z")
1st Bump of Summer… Hotbump. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2026, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5839 "2026-07-29T06:05:34Z")
Another hotbump. We’re predicted to hit just shy of 100F by the weekend. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5840 "2026-07-29T19:36:06Z")
Well, I wouldn’t bump, but it’s decent weather now and forecast to be up to 105F this weekend. Oh, pooh. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/5841 "2026-07-29T20:02:09Z")
Damned Fs! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859.md?page=291)