MythTickle by Justin Thompson for February 03, 2010

Egg cracked me up reading this one.

ROTFLMAO

Poor Humpty! I never did get that part about the horses, either. Or was it pars pro toto for the cavalry (along with the infantry-men)?

The original Humpty Dumpty was not an egg, anyway. It was probably supposed to be Cardinal Wolsey, who was an adviser to Henry VIII. He tried to negotiate an agreement with the Catholic church to recognize Henry’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon. Still being Catholic and supporting Henry’s divorce is, politically, sitting on the wall. When he failed, he had a great fall. There are also other speculations about the origin. Dumpty basically meant a fat person, which Wolsey was.

“But an American doctor,with patience and glue Put Humpty back together,as good as new”.

Horses need opposable thumbs.

I see an omelette in the making….

This is Humpty. This is Humpty after the fall. (Sizzlin’ pan) This is Humpty,prepared to Order w/ Bacon or Sausage, Hash Browns and Toast for only $4.99.-ANY QUESTIONS?

“the King’s horses…” Cavalry troopers were issued one brain each; it usually went to the horse.

Edcole1961 I don’t think I’ve heard that version of the origin of Humpty Dumpty. Come to think of it, I don’t ever remember hearing anything about it at all. It was always just a pleasant, silly verse. Makes sense though. So many of our nursery rhymes and stories come from the Catholic Church. I was never a Catholic so I never grew up with them.

WNDRWRTHG:

An American doctor would have used duck tape.

He was pushed, you know. They hushed it up.

@Serena, I’ve always heard that most English nursery rhymes and stories come from English history–Queen Mary, Henry VIII, King George, the Black Death, and others.

Edcole1961, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_Dumpty lists several possibilities but not that one. Sounds good, maybe you should update the wiki entry.

Sorry to get off topic, but I just wanted to mention that today is February 3rd. It’s 51 years ago today the music died. Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and JP Richardson all died in a plane crash at Clear Lake, Iowa. Probably the first of many rock and roll tragedies. Live fast, die young and leave a good lookin’ corpse.

Give him some flours and he’ll get batter.

@ GreenBike Guy-“”Duck” tape? Is that a duck egg? Or do they use “duct” tape?

Humpty looks like he was “over easy”.

Hey Justin! Any update on Mythtickle One?

Hope JT gets back with new stuff soon. This may not be “ancient” Mythtickle, but it is a re-run.

“MythTickle One” is now available at http://www.mythtickle.com

Just follow the links. It’s been a real time-consuming ‘bear’ to get this payment page up but it’s finally done and we’re under way. I think you will all be very pleased with it.

Justin

the yoke’s on him

Horses are related to donkeys, which are also called @$$es