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A Twitter thread has gone viral because so many people are just now realizing that Humpty Dumpty wasn’t an egg in the actual nursery 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.
At what point in there does it mention Humpty Dumpty being an egg, people?
So many people have been brainwashed by coloring books and illustrations that it has just become fact that Humpty Dumpty was an egg.
Who decided Humpty Dumpty was an egg? Its not in the lyrics, and deciding he's a giant egg is quite a random leap for someone to make, and everyone else being like, "yeah, a giant egg on a wall. Of course "
— Holly Bourne (@holly_bourneYA) January 9, 2023
According to TodayIFoundOut.com…
The first known publication of Humpty Dumpty was included in Juvenile Amusements by Samuel Arnold in 1797. In that version, the last lines read “Fourscore men and fourscore more / could not make Humpty Dumpty where he was before.” Over the next century, the rhyme appeared in numerous books with variations on the lyrics.
These publications did not include the first use of the term “humpty dumpty,” though. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “humpty dumpty” was first used in the 17th century and referred to brandy boiled with ale. In the 1700s, it was also a term used to describe a short, clumsy person. It has also been a nickname attributed to someone who has had too much alcohol (perhaps imbibing the drink of the same name).
I blame Lewis Carroll’s 1871 book Through the Looking-Glass, in which he took it upon himself to make Humpty Dumpty an egg, corrupting the minds of millions of children from then to today.
Also, imagine having NO ARMY because they're busy fixing a broken egg. The king sent literally EVERYONE out to save the giant egg who isn't actually an egg, leaving the realm wide open for attack
— Holly Bourne (@holly_bourneYA) January 9, 2023
This is not sitting well with a whole lot of people on social media whose entire worlds are being wrecked by this revelation.
We all just accepted the fan fiction egg version of Dumpty
— Holly Bourne (@holly_bourneYA) January 9, 2023
“Yes. This has been haunting me for years. Maybe Humpty is just a big guy. Body shaming,” someone else wrote.
Playschool has a lot to answer for
— 🌻Lucy Courtenay🌻 (@LucyCourtenay1) January 10, 2023
“I am 46. I had never thought of this. Now, it’s all I’m thinking of,” tweeted another.
said this to my mum and apparently it was her as she is now doing intense research to prove to me that he is in fact an egg (i had to remind her he is not real)
— mia with two ll’s👩❤️💋👩👩❤️💋👩 (@kind0fgirl) January 9, 2023
“So the Puss in Boots film is a crock then?” asked another.
It sounds like a grisly reboot is on the cards.
— James Gammell (@james_gammell) January 10, 2023
“If that troubles you, wait until you find out that there is no balcony in the script of Romeo & Juliet,” commented another person.
Also have you ever seen a horse put an egg back together again?
Exactly.
— James Brabazon (@james_brabazon) January 10, 2023
That should have been our first clue.