Can’t believe I forgot to give my kids the bumps

[Bellavida99]

Kids are young adults. Randomly just remembered giving people the bumps on their birthdays and now I’m gutted we never did it with the kids. Has anyone had the bumps in the last 40 years?

We did it in nursery school in the 1980s, you could choose bumps or claps though. As we were 3/4 they weren't violent bumps, it was a lot of fun!

As far as I'm aware, 'the bumps' hasn't been a thing for someone's birthday sicne the 1970s! Have you got platform shoes, and a stylophone too @Bellavida99 ??!!

People at school used to get really hurt, that's why it stopped happening.

Didn't usually get done to girls, just boys in our school.

It was absolutely brutal!

Was a big thing when I was growing up! Never did it with my own children (I’m 51).

We used to do it at boarding school, we used a duvet. I don’t recall any serious injuries!

Our kids know all about the random details in our multicultural childhoods. We discuss everything under the sun. And they've watched Fawlty Towers, Blackadder and Creature Comforts.
Not discussing your past with kids leaves a hole in their history - adoption being an example of this to extremes.

I never had the bumps nor gave the bumps. That was usually only done at school from what I remember. My birthday came during the Christmas holidays so I never had them but I do remember some kids getting the bumps at school on their birthday, not often though.

I hated this. It was very unpleasant.

Always painful, often ended in injuries. No wonder it died out.

It was definitely a thing at my primary school in the late 80s. Can’t say I miss it!

@BoudiccaRuled
Our kids know all about the random details in our multicultural childhoods. We discuss everything under the sun. And they've watched Fawlty Towers, Blackadder and Creature Comforts.
Yes, same with my own kids.
I was talking about the teenagers that I work with.

As far as I'm aware, 'the bumps' hasn't been a thing for someone's birthday sicne the 1970s! Have you got platform shoes, and a stylophone too
I was in primary school in the 60s and 70s and it wasnt something we did.
( I had platforms and a stylophone though!)

That’s one thing that really should not be brought back! I hated it and it was ridiculously dangerous, even at a time when most things were and it was ok.

You’re all right it was always school friends, parties and at brownies etc we did the bumps not parents. I’m still sad it’s not a thing anymore. I don’t recall any dangerous injuries but I do remember people letting go of the head end before the foot end when bumps had finished and always dropping people on their heads. Oh the good old days 🤣

That video is rubbish - they didn’t do one for luck at the end!

I always thought the bumps was a school playground thing? I can remember,at the age of 10 (this was in 1973) hiding in the toilets on my birthday to avoid just this,as they were so rough!

Well yes exactly. This is why it went out of favour - most people prefer their children avoid getting dropped on the head!