So answer me this...

The other night I was watching Jack the Giant Slayer. Yeah a spine on Jack and the Bean Stalk... so the bean grew into a bean stalk. But there were no beans.

That`s when I got to thinking, I`ve not seen bean in any of them. 🤔 There have been countless variations on it and not one goddamn bean. What kind of farming is that?

So what I`m getting at is, it isn`t a beanstalk, it`s a fucking vine! 😡

These are the things that go through my head late at night. 🙄

Me: Go have a nap old man.

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InfernoTouch · 41-45, M

@swirlie I can't believe you just said that...

swirlie ·

@InfernoTouch
I'm serious. Why do you think HD was an egg?

InfernoTouch · 41-45, M

@swirlie Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, had a great fall, and all the king’s horses and men couldn’t put him back together

Humpty shatters so completely that no one can reassemble him. Eggs are brittle—drop one from a height, and it’s game over, yolk and all. Potatoes, though? They’re sturdy little spuds. Toss a potato off a wall, and it might bruise or crack, but it’s not going to explode into irreparable pieces. 😎

swirlie ·

@InfernoTouch
Well actually, in the nursery rhyme, nowhere is it stated that Humpty is an egg.

However, where the nursery rhyme came from was from an attack during a civil war in the 1600's where the name of a cannon was called Humpty Dumpty because of it's shape. When the enemy came calling, they literally exploded that cannon which flew into hundreds of pieces, which then became known as 'the fall of Humpty Dumpty', the cannon.

InfernoTouch · 41-45, M

@swirlie While the nursery rhyme doesn’t explicitly call Humpty Dumpty an egg, the imagery strongly suggests it. The rhyme describes a character who falls and can't be put back together, which fits with the fragility of an egg, not a cannon. Though the theory about a Civil War cannon is interesting, the rhyme was published long after the war, almost 100 years. and early illustrations depict Humpty as an egg. The egg interpretation is supported by the rhyme's focus on fragility, making it a more likely explanation than the cannon theory.

swirlie ·

@InfernoTouch
That is correct, the cannon couldn't be put back together either. It's not a theory about a Civil War cannon, it is an actual event. The cannon's shape was made mortal into a living form sitting on a wall and falling off the wall was the illustration of 'the fall of Humpty Dumpty' the cannon.

InfernoTouch · 41-45, M

@swirlie I love the cannon idea of HD being a cannon, I see your point, and I appreciate the creative twist! However, the cannon theory is a bit of a stretch for me. The idea of him being a cannon could certainly be an interesting take, but it would shift the entire tone of the rhyme. The egg imagery, with its fragility, makes more sense symbolically, emphasizing the idea that once something is broken, it can't easily be repaired. The cannon interpretation, while clever, doesn't quite capture that same delicate, irreversible nature of the fall.