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| Topic | Why is a song used to lull babies to sleep is about a baby falling to his death |
| ParanoidObsessive 09/14/18 7:23:11 AM #10: | There's also Hansel and Gretel, where the kids' father abandons them in the woods to either starve to death or be eaten by wild animals, just because his new wife doesn't like them. Middle ages were fucked up, y'all. Firewerx posted... We all know Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall and had a great fall. And then he underwent this bizarre experimental surgery where they let the king's horses try to patch him up. Fun Fact: The King's horses didn't mean literal horses. It basically refers to the mounted soldiers (often referred to as "horse", though in modern times more commonly known as cavalry). The line is differentiating between infantry and cavalry troops. Other Fun Fact: Humpty Dumpty wasn't about an egg-man the way most people think. It was probably about a siege engine or canon, and it was likely a mocking reference about a fight where the weapon got broken and the and the soldiers couldn't fix it. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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