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Discussions/General Humpty Dumpty is NOT an egg! (Proof) [DEBATE]
Laxynd
• 03/29/2014 3:23 pm
• Level 1 : New Miner

The riddle states that Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, and that the men couldn't put it back where it was. (Referring to original version)

It doesn't mention that it broke.

But I still say it's an egg
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Minecraft/Discussion Mc 1.8 ING re-register (might not be in 1.8)
Laxynd
• 03/29/2014 2:49 pm
• Level 1 : New Miner

My username is "LaXynd", all I would do is make that 'X' lowercase.
Too many people call me laX for short :I
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Discussions/General Humpty Dumpty is NOT an egg! (Proof) [DEBATE]
Laxynd
• 03/29/2014 2:35 pm
• Level 1 : New Miner

Quoting wikipedia:

From 1996 the website of the Colchester tourist board attributed the origin of the rhyme to a cannon recorded as used from the church of St Mary-at-the-Wall by the Royalist defenders in the siege of 1648. In 1648 Colchester was a walled town with a castle and several churches and was protected by the city wall. The story given was that a large cannon, which the website claimed was colloquially called Humpty Dumpty, was strategically placed on the wall. A shot from a Parliamentary cannon succeeded in damaging the wall beneath Humpty Dumpty which caused the cannon to tumble to the ground. The Royalists, or Cavaliers, "all the King's men", attempted to raise Humpty Dumpty on to another part of the wall, but because the cannon was so heavy "All the King's horses and all the King's men couldn't put Humpty together again"


However, the lines in question were not even in the original riddle, and this event happened more than a century before the riddle of Humpty Dumpty was first recorded.

I'm still sticking with 'He's an egg'.
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Discussions/General Humpty Dumpty is NOT an egg! (Proof) [DEBATE]
Laxynd
• 03/29/2014 1:08 pm
• Level 1 : New Miner

The answer to this riddle, is indeed an egg.
Simply because if an egg were to roll and fall off a wall, it doesn't matter how many people that tried to put it back together, the egg would remain shattered.

The original version of the riddle, never stated anything about horses, or anything suggesting that the men were soldiers.


Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
Four-score[80] Men and Four-score[80] more,
Could not make Humpty Dumpty where he was before


An egg was on a wall, it then fell off the wall. 160 people tried to fix it, but that's impossible, because it's an egg.
There is simply nothing more to it.
The fact that there was 160 people trying to fix Humpty Dumpty does not suggest that he/it was of some importance, but rather emphasizing the fact that it doesn't matter how many people try to fix him/it, it's not going to happen.

And if he wasn't an egg, why was he then later portrayed as being an egg?



However,
the question is then:
"Why did the riddle begin to feature king's men and king's horses?"
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