In the story of Humpty Dumpty, “All the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty together again.” Am I the only one that has ever asked why they even let the horses try to put Humpty together again? They’re horses, for crying out loud… it’s not like they’re out in hayfields across the midwestern United States weaving hay into blankets or creating mud sculptures. They do not have a particularly delicate touch when it comes to arts and crafts… for that matter, they don’t even have thumbs.

Come to think of it, the story doesn’t even mention that Humpty is an egg… I wouldn’t be surprised if that weird little rhyme actually has some kind of deeper meeting or political statement or something. If “Ring Around the Rosy” is about the Black Plague, who knows evil lurks in Humpty Dumpty.