Many people think they ask big questions when they say things like "what is the meaning of life" or "is there a god?"
While puny people quibble over petty detail, the REAL question in the universe still remains unanswered!!!!!
Drum roll please...
*drums*
Did Humpty Dumpty really fall off the wall?....
.... Or was he pushed?!
2007-05-23 08:24:05 · 11 answers · asked by CanadianFundamentalist 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Deepak,
Humpty Dumpty was written long before the Berlin wall was built.
In fact, it came into existance in 1648 during the Roundhead siege of Colchester.
"Humpty Dumpty" was a cannon in a very strong tower, one of the mightiest cannons in the entire royalist army, fired by one of the world's finest gunners.
After eleven weeks of artillery bombardments, the tower finally cracked. They had a great fall, and the Royalist Cavalry (king's horses) and infantry (King's men) tried to repair the tower, but failed.
2007-05-23 14:46:47 · update #1
He was defintly pushed!!!!!! I don't like humpty dumpty anyway. Its way to dark a tale to tell to little kids. I mean come on the dude DIED-probibly very slowly and painfully. Death is not suposed to enter tales/rhymes for pre-schoolers. They are to young and innocent to be tainted by death!
2007-05-23 08:47:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wooooooow, Humpty Dumpty is a big Wh-ore now a days Oh and PS How did Little BO Peep know what a sheep tastes like??
2016-05-21 00:38:42 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall..."
This indicates to me that sitting on the wall leads to a great fall. This has several implications.
When we say "the wall" do we really mean a specific wall? In that case, is it the Berlin Wall or the Great Wall of China to which the rhyme refers?
Or let's say "the wall" is allegorical, referring to fence-sitting.
In that case, the rhyme indicates that merely sitting on the wall leads to a great fall.
As you see, I can turn this simple question into an epic.
*grin*
Fortunately for the public, I insist on money to write epics.
2007-05-23 08:49:32 · answer #3 · answered by rhapword 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Better question, why is Humpty Dumpty always portrayed as an egg, as there is no mention of egginess in the rhyme!?
2007-05-23 08:28:35 · answer #4 · answered by laura_popple 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd go for the eye witness account. He 'had a great fall'. Bit ambiguous, but I think it tends to imply that he was pushed. But fallen or pushed the outcome was the same. We should remember that and mourn him for the good egg he was.
2007-05-23 08:28:59 · answer #5 · answered by jeanimus 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
An egg sitting on a wall..........I mean it was bound to fall off
2007-05-24 02:08:50 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was pushed by the Gingerbread man.........look closely in the stories and you will see him hiding behind the wall........
2007-05-23 08:27:34 · answer #7 · answered by Pennyless 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the wall gave way...he's a fat b@stard!!
2007-05-23 08:28:08 · answer #8 · answered by Carrot Cruncher 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL. your crazy. pushed no doubt by another fat dude xx
2007-05-23 08:27:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cool........and isn't this a sick and twisted nursery-rhyme.......to have an egg-man fall and crack his head open.........
put me right off my breakfast!!!
x
2007-05-24 07:44:22 · answer #10 · answered by Joanne Hunter (Jo) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋