why was humpty dumpty sat on a wall high enough for him to fall to his death? and why did the kings men have thier horses try to put him together again. they dont have hands or medical licences!
2006-07-09 08:48:31 · 30 answers · asked by guruguy1990 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Other - Entertainment
Its okay, Humpty Dumpty was a bastard and got whats coming
to him.
2006-07-09 08:53:06 · answer #1 · answered by retrodragonfly 7 · 13⤊ 3⤋
Humpty Dumpty is a character in a Mother Goose rhyme, portrayed as an anthropomorphized egg. Most English-speaking children are familiar with the rhyme:
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.
That Humpty Dumpty is an egg is not actually stated in the rhyme. In its first printed form, in 1810, it is a riddle, and exploits for misdirection the fact that "humpty dumpty" was 18th-Century reduplicative slang for a short, clumsy person. Whereas a clumsy person falling off a wall would not be irreperably damaged, an egg would be. The rhyme is no longer posed as a riddle, since the answer is now so well known. Similar riddles have been recorded by folklorists in other languages, such as Boule Boule in French, or Thille Lille in Swedish; though none is as widely known Humpty Dumpty is in English.
2006-07-09 08:53:27 · answer #2 · answered by maynerdswife 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to an insert taken from the East Anglia Tourist Board in England, Humpty Dumpty was a powerful cannon during the English Civil War. It was mounted on top of the St Mary's at the Wall Church in Colchester defending the city against siege in the summer of 1648. Although Colchester was a Royalist stronghold, it besieged by the Roundheads for 11 weeks before finally falling. The church tower was hit by enemy cannon fire and the top of the tower was blown off, sending "Humpty" tumbling to the ground. Naturally all the King's horses and all the King's men (Royalist cavalry and infantry respectively) tried to mend "him" but in vain. Other reports have Humpty Dumpty referring to a sniper nicknamed One-Eyed Thompson, who occupied the same church tower.
Visitors to Colchester can see the reconstructed Church tower as they reach the top of Balkerne Hill on the left hand side of the road.
In Sixteen Hundred and Forty-Eight
When England suffered the pains of state
The Roundheads lay siege to Colchester town
Where the King's men still fought for the crown
There One-Eyed Thompson stood on the wall
A gunner of deadliest aim
From St. Mary's Tower his cannon he fired
Humpty-Dumpty was its name...
2006-07-09 08:52:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
humpty dumpty sat on a wall
humpty dumpty had a great fall
all the kings horses and all the kings men
had scrambled eggs for breakfast
2006-07-09 08:52:15 · answer #4 · answered by incognito 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Humpty was scared for life after firstly his parents named him Humpty. After living an unhappy childhood he decided to jump from a high wall and finally got some attention.
2006-07-09 09:19:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah the yokes on them....... I was always wondering how he got on the wall he first place ( BTW they used all the kings horses for glue to put humpty together again)
2006-07-09 08:53:37 · answer #6 · answered by magicboi37 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was sitting on the wall to look into the castle to see the kings daughter.
The horses were there to draw the carriage to bring him back to the castle to be put together again
It was one boring day for all, As it must be for both of us to ask and answer this question
LOL
2006-07-09 08:53:59 · answer #7 · answered by mick987g 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The kings horses were attempting the first cloning experiment .
Sadly things got scrambled by the kings men.
2006-07-09 08:56:09 · answer #8 · answered by onelonevoice 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe that it refers to England's King Richard the third, he fell off his horse and was hacked to pieces in battle.
I got this from wikipedia but their are many other theories there.
2006-07-09 08:57:15 · answer #9 · answered by willberb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its all an idea about sexually muturity, the lose of virginity, the breakin of virgin and you cant put it back together angain.
same as the the three little piggies is a ryhme so ppl buy concrete built homes over "stick" or timbeer frame houses!
2006-07-09 08:54:22 · answer #10 · answered by killbot123654 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why are people taking this question seriously?! Lol! I reckon it was set up ... Poor Humpty ...
2006-07-09 10:22:28 · answer #11 · answered by LONDONER © 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋