why is humpty an egg and why have I never seen him described as such with words and only in drawings?
That’s a great question. Seems like nobody knows for sure. Maybe Lewis Carroll popularized it (though he didn’t invent it), maybe it was a riddle-turned-nursery-rhyme, maybe it referred to specific historical events.
https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/1489/how-do-we-know-humpty-dumpty-was-an-egg
All the King’s horses and all the King’s men obviously had help from a skilled mortician.
“We can put him back together again, but he still won’t be alive.”
Poor guy finally cracked.
… Then all the kings horses And all the kings men Slipped in his albumen
Look at those pricey 1%-ers and their sweet yolky goodness.
Brings a new meaning to “eat the rich”
