Nursery rhymes put kids 'at risk': Humpty Dumpty and Jack and Jill both had trauma, but no consequences!

[Analog]

They are concerned that characters in popular rhymes suffer major injuries without receiving proper treatment.

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[HOWITIS]

they tried to put humpty back together again, what more do they want.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: HOWITIS
they tried to put humpty back together again, what more do they want.

LOL......

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water
Jack fell down, broke his crown.. and Jill called the paramedics?

Hmm...

No.

 

[Jeff7181]

This kinda stuff is really funny... stupidity at it's finest. I'm surprised there hasn't been a lawsuit about Hansel and Grettle being discriminatory against witches and the wicken belief or whatever you call it.

 

[screw3d]

Where did all the damn common sense go? /Looks under carpet

 

[jobberd]

Sorry to ruin your fun guys, but:

Children are told these stories "without people stopping to really look at what's happened", according to the tongue-in-cheek research.

 

[PatboyX]

so...if i suck my thumbs, the scissor man doesnt really come to cut them off?

 

[Bulk Beef]

Actually, I think that all the king's horses and all the king's men had a well documented history of bad relations with the big egg community (slow response times to 911 calls, accusations of brutality, etc.).

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: PatboyX
so...if i suck my thumbs, the scissor man doesnt really come to cut them off?

No, instead when you're sleeping he sits on your hand with his bare ass...

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: sward666
Actually, I think that all the king's horses and all the king's men had a well documented history of bad relations with the big egg community (slow response times to 911 calls, accusations of brutality, etc.).

It's because their funding was cut to fund a new study about how many worthless studies are done every year.

 

[badmouse]

Thanks.