“Have you ever noticed how in the nursery rhyme, Humpty Dumpty is never described as an egg.?”-True but we also use Lewis Carrol as our source, in which there is no doubt.
“Where in the Nursery Rhyme does it say Humpty Dumpty was an egg?”-And to you as well, I point out that we are not limited to the original nursery rhyme but consider Lewis Carroll as a cultural sourceI doubt any know the earliest version of the nursery rhyme:-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.(from 1797)
Speaking of pickled eggs. I had a buddy in Vietnam whose diet consisted of two or three dozen pickled eggs and a case of Budweiser every night. No we weren’t in the bush. We were on an airbase in Chu Lai. He was tough to work around.
But the play on words was the juxtaposition of the spelling of the word ‘’yolk" as “yoke”, as in “joke”. Ah, if you gotta explain it, it isn’t funny anymore.
watmiwori about 11 years ago
What was he doing on the wall in the first place? And did hefall or was he pushed?
Aussie Down Under about 11 years ago
Anyway the yolk’s on him.
WoodEye about 11 years ago
Call CSI!
sbchamp about 11 years ago
Just one…
StuSnodgrass about 11 years ago
with a name like Humpty I would jump too…
librisleo about 11 years ago
@rshive: Where do you live in the Midwest? Pickled eggs are a very popular item in Wisconsin, at least where I grew up.
valgrant about 11 years ago
Rodney, stick your arrow into Humpty Dumpty and taste a bit.
Grumley about 11 years ago
If this had occurred just a few months later, we could have presumed he’d had too much nog.
wingrider86 about 11 years ago
Here, hold my beer and watch this…
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs about 11 years ago
“Have you ever noticed how in the nursery rhyme, Humpty Dumpty is never described as an egg.?”-True but we also use Lewis Carrol as our source, in which there is no doubt.
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs about 11 years ago
“Where in the Nursery Rhyme does it say Humpty Dumpty was an egg?”-And to you as well, I point out that we are not limited to the original nursery rhyme but consider Lewis Carroll as a cultural sourceI doubt any know the earliest version of the nursery rhyme:-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.(from 1797)
RalphZIggy about 11 years ago
helpful to understand answer to riddle, in the 18th century, “humpty dumpty” was slang for a short clumsy person
juliekw about 11 years ago
that’s great!!!
pawpawbear about 11 years ago
Speaking of pickled eggs. I had a buddy in Vietnam whose diet consisted of two or three dozen pickled eggs and a case of Budweiser every night. No we weren’t in the bush. We were on an airbase in Chu Lai. He was tough to work around.
tigerchik32 about 11 years ago
Know what? You’re right. I had heard that it was originally supposed to be a reference to the war of the roses and Richard III.
curmudgeon68 about 11 years ago
But the play on words was the juxtaposition of the spelling of the word ‘’yolk" as “yoke”, as in “joke”. Ah, if you gotta explain it, it isn’t funny anymore.