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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.
Humpty Dumpty is a character in an English language nursery rhyme, probably originally a riddle and one of the best known in the English-speaking world. Though not explicitly described, he is typically portrayed as an egg.
The first recorded versions of the rhyme date from the early nineteenth century and the tune from 1870 in James William Elliott's National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs. Its origins are obscure and several theories have been advanced to suggest original meanings.
The character of Humpty Dumpty was popularised in the United States by actor George L. Fox (1825–77). As a character and literary allusion he has appeared in, or been referred to in a large number of works of literature and popular culture, particularly in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass (1872). The rhyme is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as No. 13026.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary the term "humpty dumpty" referred to a drink of brandy boiled with ale in the seventeenth century. The riddle probably exploited, for misdirection, the fact that "humpty dumpty" was also eighteenth-century reduplicative slang for a short and clumsy person.
The riddle may depend on the assumption that, whereas a clumsy person falling off a wall might not be irreparably damaged, an egg would be. The rhyme is no longer posed as a riddle, since the answer is now so well known. Similar riddles have been recorded by folklorists in other languages, such as "Boule Boule" in French, "Lille Trille" in Swedish and Norwegian and "Runtzelken-Puntzelken" or "Humpelken-Pumpelken" in different parts of Germany; although none is as widely known as Humpty Dumpty is in English.
Humpty Dumpty Snack Foods is a Canadian food company that packages and sells snack foods.
The company is named after the popular nursery rhyme character and features the character as the company logo.
Humpty Dumpty originally sold a variety of potato chips. For the original brand of chips, flavours included Regular, BBQ, Ketchup, Dill Pickle, Salt and Vinegar, Roast Chicken, Sour Cream and Onion, Smokin' Bacon, and a St-Hubert rotisserie chicken flavour. For their ridged chip line, called Ripples, there were five varieties: Regular, Buffalo Wing, BBQ & Cheddar, Au Gratin, and All-Dressed. And finally, for their line of kettle-cooked chips, flavours featured were Regular, Jalapeño, Salt and Vinegar, BBQ, and Cheddar.
Humpty Dumpty Potato Chip Company, Inc. was founded in 1947 in South Portland, Maine, USA by George Robinson and Norman Cole, producing ketchup-flavoured and sour-cream-and-clam-flavoured chips, among others. The company was acquired by Borden, Inc. in February of 1989, and sold to the Canadian firm Small Fry in January of 2000, formally adopting the name Humpty Dumpty Snack Foods Inc.
In 2006, the company was acquired in a takeover bid by Old Dutch Foods. After the acquisition, Humpty Dumpty potato chip products were rebranded as Old Dutch potato chips. Old Dutch Foods kept the Humpty Dumpty label though, and still sells all their flavours of chips in the USA. In Canada only the snack line appears under the Humpty Dumpty label, not the potato chip line.
The current Humpty Dumpty snack line of products include Bacon & Hickory Potato Sticks, BBQ Corn Chips, BBQ Ringolos, Chedacorn, Cheese Sticks, Cruncheez (in both Regular and Nacho Cheese), Party Mix (Original, Cheesy, and All Dressed), and Sour Cream & Onion Rings. The current Humpty Dumpty Potato chip line of products include (only in the USA) Regular, BBQ, Ketchup, Dill Pickle, Salt and Vinegar, and for a limited time was selling Chedder & Sour Cream during the winter months of 2011. The current Humpty Dumpty Potato ridged chip line of products include (only in the USA) Regular, and All-Dressed.
Comments (33)
MagikUnicorn
Humpty Dumpty sur un muret perché. Humpty Dumpty par terre s'est écrasé. Ni les sujets du Roi, ni ses chevaux Ne purent jamais recoller les morceaux. En 1940 il apparaît dans le film de Tex Avery "A Gander at Mother Goose (Les contes de ma mère l'oie)". Il apparaît également dans le roman De l'autre côté du miroir de Lewis Carroll (sous le nom de "Heumpty Deumpty", "Gros Coco" ou encore "Rondu-Pondu" selon les traductions en français)1, dans le best-seller policier-uchronique de Jasper Fforde Le puits des histoires perdues, où il est le chef du syndicat des personnages de comptines et dans "Toyland" un dessin animé. Cette comptine joue un rôle dans La Deuxième Mort de Ramón Mercader, roman de Jorge Semprún. Humpty Dumpty est également le titre d'un thème de jazz modal de Chick Corea, interprété notamment par le Corea Akoustic Band. Le groupe Travis s'est également inspiré de cette comptine pour leur chanson The Humpty Dumpty Love Song. On peut d'ailleurs retrouver de nombreuses allusions dans les paroles même si Humpty Dumpty n'est pas cité. De plus ce groupe met en scène Humpty Dumpty dans un de ses clips, celui de la chanson Coming Around. Il est aussi le personnage représentant la marque de chips du même nom: Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty est en fait l'effigie d'un des canons du château de Colchester la plus vieille ville d' Angleterre. Il apparait également dans le film Le Chat Potté, sous le nom d'Humpty Alexandre Dumpty (Humpty Alexander Dumpty dans la version originale). Il est alors orphelin et se lie d'amitié avec le Chat Potté, jusqu'au point où ils se considèreront comme des « frères ». Mais c'est un personnage ambigu, il est alternativement protagoniste, puis antagoniste. Dans la version originale, il est doublé par Zach Galifianakis. Il apparaît dans le premier monde de LittleBigPlanet sur PS3 en tant qu'aide qui explique au joueur toutes les actions de Sackboy. On peut le faire tomber du lieu où il est assis en s'agrippant à lui, il se cassera alors en faisant tomber des points. Humpty Dumpty Snack Foods est une société alimentaire canadienne qui emballe et vend des grignotines. La société est nommé d'après le caractère comptine populaire et les caractéristiques du personnage comme le logo de l'entreprise. Humpty Dumpty vendeur à l'origine d'une variété de chips. Pour la marque originale de chips, saveurs inclus régulier, barbecue, ketchup, cornichons à l'aneth, sel et vinaigre, Poulet rôti, crème sure et oignon, bacon fumée ', et une saveur St-Hubert rôtisserie poulet. Pour leur ligne de chips, appelée Ripples, il y avait cinq variétés: Regular, Buffalo Wing, barbecue et au cheddar, au gratin, et All-Dressed. Et enfin, pour leur ligne de kettle-cuits chips, arômes présentés étaient réguliers, jalapeño, Sel et vinaigre, barbecue et au cheddar. Humpty Dumpty pommes de terre Chips Company, Inc a été fondée en 1947 à South Portland, Maine, États-Unis par George Robinson et Norman Cole, la production de ketchup au goût aigre-cream-and-clam-goût des chips, entre autres. La société a été acquise par Borden, Inc en Février 1989, et vendu à la firme canadienne Fry Petit en Janvier 2000, a officiellement adopté le nom de Humpty Dumpty Snack Foods Inc En 2006, la société a été acquise dans une offre publique d'achat par Les Aliments Old Dutch. Après l'acquisition, Humpty Dumpty produits de croustilles ont été renommés croustilles Old Dutch. Les Aliments Old Dutch gardé l'étiquette Humpty Dumpty cependant, et se vend toujours toutes leurs saveurs de croustilles aux Etats-Unis. Au Canada, seule la ligne de collation apparaît sous le label Humpty Dumpty, pas la ligne de croustilles. La gamme actuelle de produits Humpty Dumpty Snack sont des bâtons de pommes de terre au bacon & Hickory, croustilles de maïs pour barbecue, barbecue Ringolos, Chedacorn, bâtonnets de fromage, Cruncheez (dans le fromage régulière et Nacho), Mix Party (Original, fromage, et All Dressed), et Sour Cream & Onion Rings. Le courant Humpty Dumpty ligne de croustilles de produits comprend (uniquement aux USA) régulier, barbecue, ketchup, cornichons à l'aneth, le sel et le vinaigre, et pour un temps limité vendait la crème aigre Cheddar pendant les mois d'hiver de 2011.
Faemike55
BACON?!?!?!?! Very cool references and concepts
flavia49
wonderful story and great shot
jocko500
sound like if you drink that drink you be falling down also. lol . my computer is still broken
Richardphotos
years ago there was a grocery chain with the same name. now if Humpty fell from the wall, he or his fellow eggs would sue the maker of the wall, property owner, and all the King's men for trying to save him without proper medical training
Savage_dragon
Lol! ")
DennisReed
Cool info Magik!
barryjeffer
You always bring great facts to our attention, thank you!
Isabelle711
Yummy BBQ for me please. :))))) Most interesting info. my friend. :)))) Most excellent capture. :))))) My father in law use to drive for Moore's potato chip company, but when he had his heart attack about 11 years ago he had to stop working. :( Soon afterwards Moores sold out to borden. :)))) Thank you for sharing. :)))) Carry A Smile In Your Heart :))))))
danapommet
This is so cool and I did not know that it started in Portland, Maine.
eekdog
that was a grocery store in my home state of ND where i grew up. cool pov.
npauling
A great story about Humpty Dumpty and an excellent capture. Those flavours of the chips sound delish. Now I will have to go and get a snack.
sharky_
Interesting info on our friend Humpty Dumpty... Aloha
bebopdlx
As always, cool work and info.
brycek
Super information Magik!!
mickeyrony
Hey!!! mon Réal toute une explication .Mais toujours un sincère moment à passer en tes saveurs .Bravo encore ((5++))
1358
I've been Old dutch potatoe chips for years.... didn't know much about the history... always interesting!
mgtcs
Marvelous image and information, superb work Magik!
0rest4wicked
Very informative, well done!
magnus073
Magik, C'est une photo magnifique. Je n'avais aucune idée il y avait une entreprise au Canada sous le nom (Humpty Dumpyy) Merci pour ce dévouement, il me fit un sourire. Je vous remercie aussi pour fournir une telle histoire intéressante sur ce personnage
jayfar
I remember this rhyme well Magik. Nice shot.
renecyberdoc
excellent tribute.
bazza
Interesting eggcellent shot and info MU..
Flint_Hawk
Very interesting information!
drifterlee
That's interesting, Magik!
jendellas
Nice one Magik, great info, thanks!!
emmecielle
Great image! :)
sandra46
wonderful capture and story
RodS
Who knew..... Ol' Humpty's made a name for himself, all right! Now, pass those bacon-flavoed chips.... Mmmmmmm! Cool shot and interesting info, Real!
cricke49
jalapeno for me magik, excellent capture and commentary!:)*5