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10-29-08, 11:17 AM #1
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Question of the day
Why is Humpty Dumpty almost always pictured as an egg?
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10-29-08, 11:42 AM #2
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Because the nursery rhyme wouldn't make sense if he were portrayed as a giant rubber ball that would just bounce when it falls!
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10-29-08, 11:45 AM #3
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I never thought about that
I always just assumed that was part of the story!
Arm the sheep!
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10-29-08, 11:46 AM #4
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I too would like an eggplanation.
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10-29-08, 11:53 AM #5
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EGGSactly!!! inquiring swamp mafia minds wanna know
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wonderful come back, Cap..deserving rep...but I am all out for the moment
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10-29-08, 12:10 PM #6
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I got him Dapples
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10-29-08, 12:20 PM #7
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thanks Originally Posted by Wolven
I got him Dapples
Because eggs break easily????
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10-29-08, 01:00 PM #8
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Nowhere in the nursery rhyme does it say anything about him being an egg.
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10-29-08, 01:05 PM #9
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you are on a SERIOUS hot streak of puns, Cap'n. ROFL!!! Originally Posted by Captain America
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10-29-08, 02:37 PM #10
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Humpty Dumpty was originally a riddle. If it ended with the question "what is he?" the answer would be "an egg."
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10-29-08, 03:48 PM #11
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you mean he is not an egg? Oh my, Lewis Carroll told a fib! (not Mother Goose as first thought, got my stories crossed, Alice)
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10-29-08, 06:05 PM #12
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I rep'd him for you but I don't know if I did it correctly. Originally Posted by dapples
EGGSactly!!! inquiring swamp mafia minds wanna know
wonderful come back, Cap..deserving rep...but I am all out for the momentArm the sheep!
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10-29-08, 06:14 PM #13
Damnit, I'm hungry again.
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That way when he fell I could get my breakfast
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10-29-08, 06:56 PM #14
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Ooops sorry babe I did too,BUT he deserved it it was good Originally Posted by dapples
EGGSactly!!! inquiring swamp mafia minds wanna know
wonderful come back, Cap..deserving rep...but I am all out for the moment
,yours was quite humorous also
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10-29-08, 09:12 PM #15
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This is just wrong
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10-29-08, 10:24 PM #16
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Kiss Ass... Originally Posted by mavriktu
Ooops sorry babe I did too,BUT he deserved it it was good,yours was quite humorous also
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10-29-08, 10:55 PM #17
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I guess Humpty and friends didn't make it too far in this collision.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5e3_1199221240&c=1
I would hate to be the one to have to clean this mess up.
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10-30-08, 12:18 AM #18
Damnit, I'm hungry again.
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That looks like a mess CTR
'Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a
delusional, illogical liberal minority, and rabidly
promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which
holds forth the proposition that it is entirely
possible to pick up a turd by the clean end!'
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10-30-08, 06:48 AM #19
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I never thought about that before, B-cups. But now that you ask, it's going to bug the shit outta me.
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10-30-08, 10:18 AM #20
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aww, Rhino, have no fear the theory is here: Originally Posted by Rhino
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...-nursery-rhyme
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_Dumpty
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