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Poke or Bump?

BUMP! 0.45762711864407 45.8% [ 27 ]
POKE! 0.54237288135593 54.2% [ 32 ]
Total Votes: 59
Tags: bump  whats  wrong  with  poke 
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Everywhere you go you see people bumping threads! There are even those who make contests, and thread just for bumping! Why was it that the bump took off, leaving all the other fun words like 'poke' in the dust?



Vs

 
     
 
poke
     
Because it's an acronym.

Bring
Up
My
Post
 
     
When I read haiku,
I hear it in the voice of
William Shatner.
 
pokey pokey pokey pokey pokey! X3
     


i have the need to feed
. .
v v
frakkin
Because it's an acronym.

Bring
Up
My
Post
 
     
This is the way that I want it to be,
With your lips, your hips, right in front of me
     
 
But Bump is so overused it may be an acronym, but seriously there is nothing wrong with a good old fashioned poke!


     
`nanou
Because it's an acronym.

Bring
Up
My
Post


Pandas
On
Kinky
Elephants

Is better.
 
     
A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?
 
xXForbbidden_LoveXx
But Bump is so overused it may be an acronym, but seriously there is nothing wrong with a good old fashioned poke!




Bump is used only because it is an acronym for -- as stated before -- Bring Up My Post.
What does Poke stand for?
Pee On Kind Ewoks?
Pencils Only Kill Elephants?
Preferring Ostrich Knuckles Epoch?

     
poke whee
 
     
My goal for my avatar:
 
poke sounds too girly.
     
     
Prophet of Poison
`nanou
Because it's an acronym.

Bring
Up
My
Post


Pandas
On
Kinky
Elephants

Is better.

Ok i will admit acronyms can be funny! I still prefer the poke! Without the acronyms behind the word poke just feel better!

 
     

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Roxas Of Twilight
poke sounds too girly.


Very well, MANpoke. Better? whee
     

David Bowie is sparklier than Edward Cullen.
liliumaurora
Roxas Of Twilight
poke sounds too girly.


Very well, MANpoke. Better? whee


Talk about your blatant innuendo, sheesh.

 
     
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
 
liliumaurora
Roxas Of Twilight
poke sounds too girly.


Very well, MANpoke. Better? whee

Hadouken sounds much better.
     
My Name has nothing to do with the book/movie Twilight- I've had the name from Kingdom Hearts
http://i32.tinypic.com/14wbpsm.jpg
^Check out my Photography on my DA
If my tank is glowing, please bump This thread here
I never say bump or poke... oh wait, i just said bump and poke!!... sweatdrop anyways... i don't use both.
 
     


Hi, I'm Dolce, the LD's little b*****d :3 & Yeah that's a knife.
Heey!!, i have a pumpkin on my head and a giant lollipop GAAAH!!.
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