{"id":4202,"date":"2021-05-25T11:36:36","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T21:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=4202"},"modified":"2021-05-25T11:36:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T21:06:36","slug":"new-dumpties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=4202","title":{"rendered":"New Dumpties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the King’s horses and all the King’s men<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Couldn’t put Humpty together again<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a variety of explanations offered up as to the meaning of this rhyme, it’s a drink of brandy boiled with ale (sounds awful), a short and clumsy figure, or various persons, but the true origins are unknown. The real mystery is how the King’s horses were expected to do the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is some mad artist in town who is enamored of these anthropomorphic eggs, and I assume that Mr. Humpty Dumpty was his inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This nattily dressed figure is in fact, sitting on a wall, but it seems unlikely that he might be seriously injured from falling off of it. So, he’s pretty safe sitting here and it’s just a short ride to the nearest hospital (but quite a bit farther to the nearest stable should the need arise).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Located nearby, again sitting on the walls are the newest of his fellow Dumpties. Careful Pizza Man, you might drop that pie on some unsuspecting tourist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This Dumpty seems to have been out fishing before settling in to his perch high above the street. Be careful Mr. Fisher-Dumpty, I’m not sure if it is legal to keep a fish that small, and where are your shoes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’m not sure about this fellow. Because he’s wearing breeches, waistcoat and a wig, perhaps he is a time-travelling barrister (we don’t get too many of these here).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is from a book I read as a child, and it supposes that the rhyme is a riddle, and one is meant to guess that HD is an egg (and a rather old-fashioned egg at that). But whatever, I just enjoy seeing the various iterations of this figure and I hope that the artist never gets tired of him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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