Humpty Dumpty?

[pinkgalYall]

Did anyone else ever wonder why in the world humpty dumpty was an egg? I was bored the other day dont ask LOL. I mean he could have been a glass elephant for all we know.

 

[buzzlady]

No, I always wondered why an egg would sit on a wall!

 

[pinkgalYall]

None the less how did it get legs??

 

[milkabum]

Hey pink.. since when didcha start posting on the CB?

 

[pinkgalYall]

I have been for a while lol OOh you know what would be weird?If humpty dumpty was a banana or better yet cron!

 

[DisneyFan06]

Now that I think about it - why was it an egg?

 

[SwedishMeatball]

 

[pinkgalYall]

classic

 

[pinkgalYall]

i wonder if anyone every tried to crack him on the sidewalk on a hat day

 

[hiwaygal]

if he wasn't an egg he wouldn't have broken into all those pieces...a banana would have just been smooshed

And he fell because eggs have round butts...like weebles!

sheesh! I can't believe you all don't know this stuff!

 

[pinkgalYall]

I have a confession he didnt fall on his own. I pushed him!!! I was hungry and it was so hott out!!

 

[SwedishMeatball]

I have a confession he didnt fall on his own. I pushed him!!! I was hungry and it was so hott out!!

I'm telling Mother Goose.

 

[pinkgalYall]

Ah no not mother goose!! Your a mother goose teller!and all because i pushed that egg off a ledge. What was he doing sitting up there anyway?

 

[SwedishMeatball]

Ah no not mother goose!! Your a mother goose teller!and all because i pushed that egg off a ledge. What was he doing sitting up there anyway?

Humpty Dumpty is one of the most ambiguous nursery rhymes ever penned. This rhyme raises many puzzling questions, such as:

What was Humpty Dumpty?
Why was Humpty Dumpty sitting on a wall?
How did Humpty Dumpty fall?
What king?
Was Humpty Dumpty insured?
Did Humpty Dumpty's family sue the king for incompetence?
Literary historians have tried for several years to decipher the meaning behind this rhyme, but they do believe that a suitable explanation has been developed:

Humpty Dumpty was a very expensive brand of liquor during 17th century England. At one time, several kegs of Humpty Dumpty had been left on top of a wall that surrounded a prominent English military camp. As a clumsy soldier climbed to the top of the wall to grab a keg of liquor, he accidentally knocked all of the kegs to the ground below, where they exploded into small streams of Humpty Dumpty. King Æiou XXMCXXVI was alerted of the incident, and ordered the infantry to collect all of the expensive Humpty Dumpty that they could muster, but in the excitement of the moment, the military drank all of the Humpty Dumpty and were able to recover none of it. The kegs of Humpty Dumpty were never put back together again. The clumsy soldier was beheaded.
This explanation is subject to change without notice.
In an attempt to make the nursery rhyme more child-friendly, Humpty Dumpty has been changed from a keg of liquor to an egg in many publications. Uninformed children are entertained by this short rhyme, but more mature children will probably realize that an entire royal army wouldn't raise such a fuss over a stupid little egg, especially considering the risk of foodbourne illness.

 

[hiwaygal]

someone left liquor on a wall?!?!?!

what was the world coming to?

 

[pinkgalYall]

I wonder if they put themselves on the wall too?

 

[Tigger&Belle]

I'm no Humpty Dumpty expert, but I'm pretty sure it was because he comes from a long line of poachers. It's the sorry truth about Humpty. He's comes from some bad eggs. They were always getting fried, which is why he would do ok here on the drinking threads. And he was cracked, to put it mildly, which is why, if he were still around, he would hang on the PMS thread. Not sayin' those folks are soft boiled or anything... Humpty tried to break away from his family and separate, but the yolk was on him, which is how the "accident" happened to begin with. Very sad story. Almost as sad as the Pillsbury Dough Boy.

 

[tevagirl]

I'm no Humpty Dumpty expert, but I'm pretty sure it was because he comes from a long line of poachers. It's the sorry truth about Humpty. He's comes from some bad eggs. They were always getting fried, which is why he would do ok here on the drinking threads. And he was cracked, to put it mildly, which is why, if he were still around, he would hang on the PMS thread. Not sayin' those folks are soft boiled or anything... Humpty tried to break away from his family and separate, but the yolk was on him, which is how the "accident" happened to begin with. Very sad story. Almost as sad as the Pillsbury Dough Boy.

So what you're saying is he was a bad egg?

 

[Tigger&Belle]

So what you're saying is he was a bad egg?

Well, not necessarily--he came from a carton of bad eggs...

 

[tevagirl]

Well, not necessarily--he came from a carton of bad eggs...

Is that why you can relate so well to him, Tig?