2007-05-11 02:25:43 · 20 answers · asked by Smurf 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Actually, nowhere.
He's a cannon.
It's a rhyme based on a war-time story.
For once, I am not bull-sh!tting.
2007-05-11 02:28:27 · answer #1 · answered by Little Miss Pineapple 6 · 8⤊ 1⤋
When I was a little girl, I learned the rhyme as
Humpy dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty dumpty had a great fall,
all the kings horses and all the kings men couldnt put Humpty together again,
why? because he was an egg.
So maybe it did start off as a riddle and the end bit got knocked off as the generations went by.
Why have I been given the thumbs down because I said what I learned when I was a little girl?? some people are far to handy with those thumbs.
2007-05-11 02:38:36 · answer #2 · answered by Smiley_1714 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm just imagining all the people reading this, going through the nursery rhyme in their heads, maybe we could create a psychic connection - after 3 - Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall........
2007-05-11 02:42:11 · answer #3 · answered by Sparky 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's only the pictures in Kid's story books, as somebody said before- a bit like God has a grey beard and lives in the clouds etc- art is a very powerful thing- as the advertisers know.
2007-05-11 02:30:24 · answer #4 · answered by brainlady 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Huh. Nowhere. I guess someone else came up with that. There's a lot of old songs and rhymes and stories that got misinterpreted over time.
2007-05-11 02:30:10 · answer #5 · answered by kitten lover3 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good Question where does it say that he's an egg? Where did the egg idea actually come from?
2007-05-11 03:05:58 · answer #6 · answered by Ryan Willcox 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I always imagined him to be the famos Humpty from playschool, you've just blasted my childhood joy out of th water!
2007-05-11 02:54:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I thought he was supposed to be the brother of Richard III, the cannon theory comes from Norfolk (where I live) so it seems there are a number of explanations and none certain
2007-05-11 02:29:47 · answer #8 · answered by chillipope 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it actually says it, but the pictures in the books make him look like a big ole egg head.
2007-05-11 02:29:37 · answer #9 · answered by bina64davis 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was originally a riddle.
I wont copy and paste from Wikipedia, but Im sure you'll find a long boring answer to your question there.
2007-05-11 02:30:51 · answer #10 · answered by nettosnerdicus 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋