# Let's pretend to be dumb **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 28, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572 "2020-06-28T19:55:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 30, 2020, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/21 "2020-06-30T04:39:00Z")
Yes, I bet someone can. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/23 "2020-06-30T04:59:04Z")
Bump! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/24 "2020-06-30T07:13:41Z")
^ No, you’re Biotop; Bump is a different poster. ---
**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 30, 2020, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/25 "2020-06-30T07:33:22Z")
We bump in an entirely different thread. And if I recall correctly, **bump** has participated in it. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/26 "2020-06-30T09:05:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Yes, I bet someone can. Betting is now bannable. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2020, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/27 "2020-06-30T10:55:27Z")
I love bannanables a bunch. Or is that a different thread? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/28 "2020-06-30T11:53:06Z")
I can’t, cause I don’t keep logs around since we moved to an apartment. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/29 "2020-06-30T14:13:57Z")
No journal or record keeping in most apartments, I suspect. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/30 "2020-06-30T14:34:17Z")
It’s been decades since I’ve even seen a record, and the paper was called the Times, not the Journal. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/31 "2020-06-30T14:39:21Z")
I never read the Times. I already own a clock so what’s the point? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/32 "2020-06-30T14:40:39Z")
I thought the times they were a-changin’. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/33 "2020-06-30T14:41:28Z")
I got three quarters and a nickel. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/34 "2020-06-30T14:43:44Z")
Two-fiddy? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/35 "2020-06-30T15:56:21Z")
I’m confused. Are we in a different thread now? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/36 "2020-06-30T16:05:30Z")
My hovercraft is full of eels. ---
**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 30, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/37 "2020-06-30T16:21:31Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > Yes, I bet someone can. > > Betting is now bannable. I’m dumb in this thread. I don’t know that… or forgot. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/38 "2020-06-30T17:12:19Z")
This is all very confusing. ---
**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 30, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/39 "2020-06-30T17:13:27Z")
Whaddya mean? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/40 "2020-06-30T21:06:46Z")
Whaddya mean, “Whaddya mean?” ---
**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 30, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572/41 "2020-06-30T21:47:51Z")
I was reading and looking for my old Avatar to see if I posted. :smack: @discobot fortune [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pretend-to-be-dumb/913572.md?page=3)