Inspired by Andrew Dice Clay:
HumpMe DumpMe loved to ball
HumpMe DumpMe was had by us all
All the King’s horses and all the King’s men
Meant HumpMe’d never be a virgin again.
Was Humpty always intended to be an egg, or did an anonymous illustrator assume he was?
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
Four-score Men and Four-score more,
Could not make Humpty Dumpty where he was before.
not sure the original has the same flow though hehe
He does not seem to be portrayed as an egg until something like late 1700’s to mid 1800’s?
Some things say it’s and allusion to king richard, or a cannon that rolled off a wall and was too heavy to pick up.
since the phrase itself seems to be a reference to a clumsy or drunk person, god only knows how he became an egg.
Maybe has to do with it becoming a childs nursery rhyme?
A clumsy egg is more of a kid safe thing?
Better question is why did he fall off the wall?
Was he drunk?
I’m fond of the cannon theory; he fell off the wall when opposing cannon knocked the wall down.
thanks epolo that made my day!
mc
The original illustrator of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is hardly anonymous — Pictures from Through the Looking-Glass - Alice-in-Wonderland.net
It seems to me that it’s pretty clear that “Humpty Dumpty” was a well-known riddle with a well-known answer (“an egg”) long before Lewis Carroll included it in his book. That’s why he didn’t find it necessary to say explicitly that he was an egg.
Forgotten verse:
If Humpty Dumpty couldn’t be together again,
Then why the fuck was he drinking gin?
It’s a metaphor for the fall of man and the introduction of sin into the world.
(Okay, bullshit, no it isn’t. But if one wanted to write a sermon on the subject, it could be made to fit. You can also drive nails with a wrench.)