# 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:** 45
**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:** [June 9, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/881 "2019-06-09T18:06:18Z")
But I would not feel like Donald Trump Everybody must get bumped. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/882 "2019-06-09T22:03:07Z")
So even Bob Dylan gets bumped. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/883 "2019-06-09T22:44:04Z")
I guess a lot of old folkies could. For example, _Hello, darkness, my old friend, I’ve come to bump with you again…_ ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/884 "2019-06-10T00:15:06Z")
Or “Bumping on a Jet Plane” ---
**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:** [June 10, 2019, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/885 "2019-06-10T04:03:23Z")
_Bumpin’ on the City of New Orleans, Illinois Central, Monday-morning rail. Fifteen cars, and fifty restless bumpers, Three conductors, twenty-five sacks of mail…_ ---
**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:** [June 10, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/886 "2019-06-10T14:08:41Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > So even Bob Dylan gets bumped. Every time he wears that Nobel Prize medal, Bob Dylan’s chest gets bumped. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/887 "2019-06-10T17:26:58Z")
So now Sheldon Cooper and Amy Farrah Fowler get bumped. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/888 "2019-06-10T17:36:53Z")
I thought they got bumped for the first time on December 17, 2015. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/889 "2019-06-10T18:01:42Z")
And getting bumped was better than he thought it would be. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/890 "2019-06-10T20:42:21Z")
That bump was just plain weird. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/891 "2019-06-10T23:29:52Z")
Amy’s face told us how she found that bump. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/892 "2019-06-11T01:47:09Z")
Even her hair got bumped. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/893 "2019-06-11T03:22:40Z")
Should I bump this thread again? Nahhhh. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/894 "2019-06-11T04:22:49Z")
Hang on–you just bumped the thread. ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/895 "2019-06-11T04:43:36Z")
It’s over for me. Not bumping this thread. Anyone in? ---
**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:** [June 11, 2019, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/896 "2019-06-11T07:23:28Z")
I’m bumping in. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/897 "2019-06-11T09:25:35Z")
I’m bumping out. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/898 "2019-06-11T13:17:20Z")
I’m bumping up. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/899 "2019-06-11T15:51:42Z")
I’m bumping… sideways? ---
**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:** [June 12, 2019, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bump-this-thread/820859/900 "2019-06-12T00:43:38Z")
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