The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for June 13, 2021

Better scramble outta there Humpty…

The yolk’s on him. Somebody had to say it.

Humpty’s not very good at pranking. He gets all broken up about it.

Quick, someone get a skillet!!!

I already told you about Humpty. You can’t trust ‘em. The guy’s a loser. A chicken shh…. loser. He’d spill his guts in minute.

Don’t laugh at this. You’re just egging him on.

Did Humpty throw himself into this “project”?

There’s was just too much pressure and he cracked.

Guess the yoke is on him

It is dark so he can’t be “Sunny Side UP”!

He really threw himself into the prank.

Humpty took this way too seriously. And I wonder if the three blind mice threw in the right direction.

You’re all eggsactly right!

what an eggsasperating situation…

Who threw Humpty at the house? Teens!

Quick! Beat it!

Is Grimm hiding?

“Who’s got the bag? Who’s got the bag?” Quick light it!

And now I still wonder where in the nursery rhyme it ever mentions Humpty being an egg…

Oh sure, pranking is fun until somebody gets hurt.

He’s come out of his shell

Looks like a victim of friendly fire.

He got out of the shell game.

Everyone assumes that Humpty is an egg, but reading the poem, nowhere does it say that! But the general assumption is that he is.

Better hurry Mother Goose called 911 and they’re sending all the king’s horses and all the king’s men.

It looks like Humpty really throws himself into whatever he’s doing.

The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde is a fun novel about trying to solve the mystery of who pushed Humpty Dumpty off the wall.

Has anyone seen my sheep?

I wonder at the etymology of the Humpty Dumpty thing. How it got to be what it is. There’s nothing in the rhyme indicating he’s an egg.

Looks like multiple eggocide & suicide!

I see Jack … he’s not so nimble with his alleged jumping over the candle stick.

The whole plan just got scrambled.

Why is her mailbox so high up?

Very suspicious and I doubt it was an accident- I don’t see a wall!

Pretty good drawing. Kind of captured the mood of adolescent vandalism.

Guess they got tired of being goosed.

Had a great fall.

All the king’s men and all the king’s whores couldn’t put Humpty together again.