This is going to be a sleepless night

Alecto

I'm too busy worrying tonight to do that sleeping thing I hear humans do. Anyone want to stay up with me and chat shyte?

Raconteuse

Ok. Something I wonder is: why is Humpty Dumpty represented visually as an egg? There's no mention of this in the nursery rhyme.

Alecto

Well, maybe it's because he shatters when he falls off the wall and they try to put him together again? Like I suppose eggs do break pretty easily. Then again I'm pretty sure a human would break if they fell from a great height too. This is food for thought

Thelonious Monk

Raconteuse wrote: »

Ok. Something I wonder is: why is Humpty Dumpty represented visually as an egg? There's no mention of this in the nursery rhyme.

Why was he so important the King sent the entire army to try and reconstruct him?

Duckworth_Luas

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Why was he so important the King sent the entire army to try and reconstruct him?

Idiot should have sent more horses!

Alecto

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Idiot should have sent more horses!

What use were the horses anyway? I doubt they have eggcellent reconstruction skills.

When i worry abut something i sleep well its the waking part i have difficulty with.

Padre_Pio

Raconteuse wrote: »

Ok. Something I wonder is: why is Humpty Dumpty represented visually as an egg? There's no mention of this in the nursery rhyme.

Maybe he was a big Lego man.

tdf7187

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS088Opj9o0

Raconteuse

Padre_Pio wrote: »

Maybe he was a big Lego man.

See, that would make sense.

Alecto

Raconteuse wrote: »

See, that would make sense.

Yeah but how old is Humpty Dumpty? Did lego even exist then?

tdf7187

Alecto wrote: »

I'm too busy worrying tonight to do that sleeping thing I hear humans do. Anyone want to stay up with me and chat shyte?

Come to me, oh human child, to the waters and the wild.

Alecto

Oddly intimate but nice song! I like the lyrics.

pgj2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3SeHwkGDCo

LaFuton

im only truly awake whenever i do sleep, im sleepwalking thru wakingife

oh and the watrtboys stolen child is most excellent dude

#humptywasntaneggandprobablykilledhimselfbecauseheidentifiedasananeggbutwasdeniedempowermentbysocietyplushorsesarerubbishatgluingstuffironically

tdf7187

Alecto wrote: »

Oddly intimate but nice song! I like the lyrics.

Are you a bot?

Raconteuse

Alecto wrote: »

Yeah but how old is Humpty Dumpty? Did lego even exist then?

Pffft... trivialities like historical accuracy don't concern me.

Alecto

tdf7187 wrote: »

Are you a bot?

I wish I was a bot, then I'd have no feelings, that would be very very nice.

Alecto

Raconteuse wrote: »

Pffft... trivialities like historical accuracy don't concern me.

So historical inaccuracies not important but an egg on a wall is a no no?

Raconteuse

Alecto wrote: »

So historical inaccuracies not important but an egg on a wall is a no no?

Got it in one!

Raconteuse

Alecto wrote: »

I wish I was a bot, then I'd have no feelings, that would be very very nice.

Do you have a nice bot? (Is what they meant I'm sure).

Alecto

Raconteuse wrote: »

Do you have a nice bot? (Is what they meant I'm sure).

Like bottom? They all have lovely bottoms!

Rubberchikken

I'm up but no time for chatting, shyte or otherwise. I'm working:)

Gremlinertia

Have i stumbled in on a lovely girls competition

Alecto

Rubberchikken wrote: »

I'm up but no time for chatting, shyte or otherwise. I'm working:)

Aww don't tease me with the promise of chat but then no chat.

Gremlinertia wrote: »

Have i stumbled in on a lovely girls competition

It is indeed Grem! I'm trying to encourage the ladies to show me their lovely bottoms

Gremlinertia

I like this plan!.

Always Tired

A hot bath is the best thing to help you fall asleep. There is science behind it.

MoashoaM

Al Cabone! Or what I call the skeletal remains of Mr. Capone.

That's my limit for shyte tonight.

ardinn

Humpty History!

The original story! According to a number of military historians, Humpty Dumpty was the name of a cannon used by the Royalists during the English Civil War.

The conflict raged from 1642 to 1649, and in June of 1648, Humpty Dumpty was stationed on the walls of Colchester. It was one of several cannons erected to try and keep Parliament’s army from taking the city. The next month, however, the Parliamentary forces heavily damaged the walls beneath Humpty Dumpty with their own artillery. You can guess where this is going: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, and broke into pieces.

Alecto

Always Tired wrote: »

A hot bath is the best thing to help you fall asleep. There is science behind it.

Your username is apt for this thread

Etc

ardinn wrote: »

Humpty History!

The original story! According to a number of military historians, Humpty Dumpty was the name of a cannon used by the Royalists during the English Civil War.

The conflict raged from 1642 to 1649, and in June of 1648, Humpty Dumpty was stationed on the walls of Colchester. It was one of several cannons erected to try and keep Parliament’s army from taking the city. The next month, however, the Parliamentary forces heavily damaged the walls beneath Humpty Dumpty with their own artillery. You can guess where this is going: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, and broke into pieces.

And now Numpty Dumpty AKA Prince Harry is waging his own civil war !

Gremlinertia

Runny egg and chips would be nice....

Alecto

ardinn wrote: »

Humpty History!

The original story! According to a number of military historians, Humpty Dumpty was the name of a cannon used by the Royalists during the English Civil War.

The conflict raged from 1642 to 1649, and in June of 1648, Humpty Dumpty was stationed on the walls of Colchester. It was one of several cannons erected to try and keep Parliament’s army from taking the city. The next month, however, the Parliamentary forces heavily damaged the walls beneath Humpty Dumpty with their own artillery. You can guess where this is going: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, and broke into pieces.

Oh thank you for posting that, I learned something new today! So humpty wasn't a lego man or an egg, he was a cannon!

Gremlinertia wrote: »

Runny egg and chips would be nice....

Mmm, oh stop Grem, you're making me hungry. Though chips with curry sauce would be good too.

Gremlinertia

I think the main thing people think about me on boards if i never stop talking about food or drinking tae!

Alecto

Gremlinertia wrote: »

I think the main thing people think about me on boards if i never stop talking about food or drinking tae!

Yeah but food keeps you alive and it is ever so tasty. These are important things.

tdf7187

Raconteuse

Childish confession: Mikado biscuits remind me of lady bits.

Alecto

Raconteuse wrote: »

Childish confession: Mikado biscuits remind me of lady bits.

Ha yes, and then you see people licking the jammy part and it amuses me.

Gremlinertia

Raconteuse wrote: »

Childish confession: Mikado biscuits remind me of lady bits.

Alecto wrote: »

Ha yes, and then you see people licking the jammy part and it amuses me.

I was recovering from the first post and near choked at the second.. Not that i'd eat anything you'd choke on....

Alecto

Thank you for entertaining me lovely people! It really is helping to distract me

I have a question! Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle? Is it because it's air tight?

Mech1

Here, chat with this poor woman. https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058044099

Gremlinertia

Also, once you have used a tube of superglue once you may bin it, if you can with stuck together fingers, it's done, there is no second use of superglue tubes

Alecto

Mech1 wrote: »

Here, chat with this poor woman. https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058044099

Poor lady, that thread is making me glad I don't have kids!

05eaftqbrs9jlh

Checking in to twitch along with fellow fretful insomniacs. Hope things are spectacular.

Ush1

I'm just in A and E with my 5 year old. He vomited a pint of blood but they think it's viral and that he's okay. Fairly shook up all the same.

05eaftqbrs9jlh

Ush1 wrote: »

I'm just in A and E with my 5 year old. He vomited a pint of blood but they think it's viral and that he's okay. Fairly shook up all the same.

That's terrible. I'm so sorry. As somebody who is not a medical professional, it really does sound to me like something children typically do, if that's any consolation. It probably is just a gastrointestinal issue with some sort of oesophagal tearing brought on by a stomach virus.

Alecto

Ush1 wrote: »

I'm just in A and E with my 5 year old. He vomited a pint of blood but they think it's viral and that he's okay. Fairly shook up all the same.

Jeez sorry to hear that Ush. I hope it is viral and that he'll be grand. No wonder you got a fright, I hope you'll be given the all clear and you can take him home soon.

Mech1

Ush1 wrote: »

I'm just in A and E with my 5 year old. He vomited a pint of blood but they think it's viral and that he's okay. Fairly shook up all the same.

oh sh!t, thats a worry and a half, good luck hope everything turns out good.
let us know, will be thinking about you.

Gremlinertia

Gosh that's frightening, hope your child is ok and you are on the way home soon.. I reckon i'd have been dosed with gripe water and sent to bed if it happened me

Alecto

Gremlinertia wrote: »

Gosh that's frightening, hope your child is ok and you are on the way home soon.. I reckon i'd have been dosed with gripe water and sent to bed if it happened me

Same. Whenever I threw up my mother used to say that's a pound out of the doctor's pocket :P

Keep us updated Ush.

Yikes, that's very scary Ush. Glad it's nothing too serious.

Happened with my brother when he was a toddler. Walked into the kitchen with his cheeks all puffed out. My mother said what's wrong with you and he opened his mouth and spewed blood everywhere. Turned out he had shoved a metal coat hanger down his throat. For a laugh or something. Kids are weird.