The Finch Formerly Known As Gold

28 December 2005

Take this yolk from me

Diane asks:

Where in the nursery rhyme does it say Humpty Dumpty is an egg?

Actually, I'm inclined to blame this on Lewis Carroll, though Carroll's description sounds like Dumpty is less than happy with the characterization:

"And how exactly like an egg he is!" she said aloud, standing with her hands ready to catch him, for she was every moment expecting him to fall.

"It's very provoking," Humpty Dumpty said after a long silence, looking away from Alice as he spoke, "to be called an egg — very!"

Of course, there's always a story behind a nursery rhyme, and sometimes it's even true.

Not relevant but thrown in anyway: Sylvan N. Goldman (1898-1984), who headed the Standard Foods/Humpty Dumpty supermarket chain in Oklahoma City, invented the shopping cart in 1937.

Posted at 8:00 AM to Almost Yogurt


Humpty would be in therapy today. Or to paraphrase Freud, "sometimes an egg is just an egg."

Posted by: Washington Cube at 9:24 AM on 28 December 2005

Ah how cool! Thanks for the info :)

Posted by: Diane at 4:13 PM on 28 December 2005

Take, eat, this is my body. Which is great scrambled with some sausage.

Posted by: Mister Snitch! at 2:08 AM on 30 December 2005