# Don't Bump This Thread!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859>\
**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:** 31

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**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/601 "2019-03-15T15:51:47Z")

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Harder, Bumper, Faster, Stronger

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**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/602 "2019-03-15T21:37:24Z")

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Now, do you wanna bump just like that with no feeling on my part?

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/603 "2019-03-16T20:28:12Z")

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I’ve been on tenterhooks, ending in dirty looks  
List’ning to the Muzak, thinking 'bout this ‘n’ that  
She said, “That’s that, I don’t want to chitter-chat”  
Turn it down a little bit or turn it down flat  
Bump it up, when you don’t really need it  
Bump it up, until you can feel it

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/604 "2019-03-16T21:07:38Z")

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Since a thread that no one responds to even as a joke would be pointless, I suggest that all “don’t answer this thread” threads should have a poll counter so even without replies we could at least see how many people didn’t reply.

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**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/605 "2019-03-16T22:38:57Z")

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Why, anybody can have a brain. That’s a very mediocre commodity. Every pusillanimous creature that crawls on the Earth or slinks through slimy seas has a brain. Back where I come from, we have universities, seats of great learning, where men go to become great thinkers. And when they come out, they think deep thoughts and with no more brains than you have. But they have one thing you haven’t got: a bump.

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**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:** [March 16, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/606 "2019-03-16T22:41:47Z")

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Chitty, chitty bump, bump.

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**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/607 "2019-03-16T22:50:03Z")

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Ooo eee ooo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bump

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/608 "2019-03-17T04:31:08Z")

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I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to bump anymore!

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**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:** [March 17, 2019, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/609 "2019-03-17T06:36:48Z")

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Maybe we should just live and let bump?

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**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/610 "2019-03-17T19:21:03Z")

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I don’t want to talk about it! Everytime I think about something bump, you remind me of bad things. I only want to talk about the bump things.

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**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:** [March 19, 2019, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/611 "2019-03-19T07:29:42Z")

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Bumping, morning, noon and night.

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**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:** [March 19, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/612 "2019-03-19T22:31:24Z")

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Bump. Just for the hell of it.

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**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:** [March 24, 2019, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/613 "2019-03-24T08:45:24Z")

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Maybe it is. Perhaps I should get some and prepare to bump with it.

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/614 "2019-03-24T13:33:04Z")

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The party was jumping  
When Bertha got off of her stump  
The whistles were blowing  
And everybody did the bump

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**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/615 "2019-03-24T13:41:56Z")

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> [@Lumpy](#):
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> The party was jumping  
> When Bertha got off of her stump  
> The whistles were blowing  
> And everybody did the bump

[A Bertha Butt Boogie Bump!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LQJYgs1sxc)

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**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/616 "2019-03-24T19:41:37Z")

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Groovin’ loose or heart to heart  
We put in motion every single part  
Funky sounds wall to wall  
We’re bumpin’ booties, havin’ us a ball, y’all

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**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:** [March 24, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/617 "2019-03-24T22:57:52Z")

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This bump is getting out of hand.

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**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:** [March 25, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/618 "2019-03-25T08:29:37Z")

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Goodbye, Yellow Brick Bump…

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**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:** [March 25, 2019, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/619 "2019-03-25T09:10:42Z")

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You can’t plant me in your penthouse,  
I’m going back to my bump…

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/620 "2019-03-25T14:32:54Z")

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Do you know bumpkis about bumping?

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