Nowhere in the rhyme does it say Humpty is an egg.
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That's actually a common misconception.
heai's anegag? What's with the highlighting
heai's anegag?
That's also a popular misconception.
Humpty Dumpty was the king.
Was looking up a source to say it was actually a cannon all along, and found out that apparently the guy who originally said that just made it up???
Fun wikipedia page. I guess I'll have to scrub that bit of misinformation from my brain now.
Tl;dr No one really knows what the meaning was.
The humpty dance is your chance to do the hump
Do the humpty hump!
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It doesn't mention anywhere in the nursery rhyme that humpty dumpty is an egg :)
This, in fact, is an excellent example of adhering to the prime directive.
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