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Humpty Dumpty |
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Humpty Dumpty arbitrarily gives his own meanings to words, and tolerates no objections. [Br. Lit.: Lewis Carroll Through the Looking-Glass] See : Arrogance Humpty Dumpty “egg” in Mother Goose who, among other things, alludes to fatness. [Children’s Lit.: Mother Goose] See : Fatness Humpty Dumpty all the King’s men failed to reassemble him. [Nuns. Rhyme: Mother Goose, 40] See : Irreversibility How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The tragic demise written for the nineteenth century nursery rhyme, Humpty Dumpty, ironically can be rewritten in the twenty-first century as a metaphor of hope for the topsy-turvy lives we lead in our musical Humpty Dumpty world. I will do my best to cause Humpty Dumpty to be put back together again, which is denying deconstruction" I guess that simple story is true about Humpty Dumpty: ``All the king's men could not put Humpty Dumpty back together again . |
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