Thursday Thunks (6)

1. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses,
And all the king's men,
Couldn't put Humpty together again.

Why was Humpty Dumpty sitting on that wall?

Probably because he had such a big ego that he thought he was better than everyone else... and wanted to look down on them.

Either that, or he had a death wish.

2. If Mother Goose and Father Time had kids, what would they look like and what would they be named?

Aren't they both old? How could they even have kids at their age?

3. Does Barbie have kankles?

My Barbies didn't.

4. Have you ever been featured in a magazine?

Nope. What would I be featured for?

5. Did your parents keep a baby book for you? If so, how often have you looked through it?

My mom started one for me. It's not complete. I've looked at it a few times over the years.

6. If someone dropped off a case of candy bars at your front door, what kind of candy bar would you want? (Berleen's question from Insanity Cafe.)

I wouldn't want any. I don't like commercial candy. (I don't have a huge sweet tooth, anyway. I'd rather have some organic fruit.)

7. Rub-a-dub-dub,
Three men in a tub,
And how do you think they got there?
The butcher, the baker,
The candlestick-maker,
They all jumped out of a rotten potato,
'Twas enough to make a man stare.

What happened to the rotten potato? Further more, if they jumped out of a rotten potato, do you think they stink?

I've never heard this version with the rotten potato. The one I know is:

Rub a dub dub,
Three men in a tub,
And who do you think they be?
The butcher, the baker,
The candlestick maker.
Turn them out, knaves all three.

I like my version better. The metre of the potato version is... weird. That line seems stuck in there for no good reason. So the potato probably didn't exist in the first place (except maybe on a quantum level) which means that nothing happened to it... because it was never there.

And I don't think you can smell like a quantum potato, rotten or otherwise.