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I Am the Eggman…

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!

Why do we all have a collective mental image of old Humpty as an egg?

The nursery rhyme never even implies that he was an egg. In point of fact, it seems that Humpty was actually a cannon.

I blame Lewis Carroll for my confusion on the matter.

This entry was written by PJ Doland, posted on November 21, 2004 at 12:51 am, filed under Observations. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

One Comment

  1. Mr. Dew
    Posted December 20, 2004 at 2:17 am | Permalink

    lol, I’ve never have expected it to be a cannon. I thought it’s just a joke when you write it’s a cannon even.

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