Fools Be Assuming Thangs.

[chibimermaid]

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again ...does not tell us at all that Humpty was an egg

Comments

[the_pangolin]

I think I remember that add (or something similar) from my childhood.

[fifthdream]

Thank you. I've pointed this out forever, and i still wonder... wtf do people think of an egg?

[soliton]

I remember coming to that same horrified conclusion 7 or 8 years ago. I ran to a friend of mine, and had them recite it back to me. Then I asked, "What does Humpty Dumpty look like?"
"An egg," they replied.
"How do you know? Where does it say that?" said I.
OMGs ensued.

The image of horsemen gathered around HD's remains suddenly becomes much more grisly and traumatizing when he's not a large comical egg.