The Disturbing True Origin of Humpty Dumpty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bILkWb-F4BE The video, titled "The Disturbing True Origin of Humpty Dumpty" explores the dark, lesser-known history behind the famous nursery rhyme. It argues that "Humpty Dumpty" originated not as a story about a fragile egg or a fallen king, but as a potent alcoholic drink served in the taverns of Restoration London during the late 1600s. This "Humpty Dumpty" cocktail—boiled ale mixed with brandy and other spirits—earned its name from the hunched-over ("humpty") posture it induced in drinkers, followed by sudden collapse ("dumpty," slang for being dumped on the floor). The rhyme's structure mimics the drink's effects: a slow buildup to an irreversible fall.By the 1780s, the term had evolved into slang for short, squat, clumsy alcoholics, symbolizing the physical and social ruin caused by excessive drinking. The earliest printed version appeared in...
ANDOVER, Mass., Nov. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — ALKU, a leading specialty staffing firm, today announced that Esmeilin Gonzalez has been named the recipient of its annual $30,000 ALKU Scholarship, in collaboration with Mass Mentoring Partnership (MMP). https://shorturl.at/pnx9E For a change in this post we look at a positive manifestation of the November 20 New Moon. at 28°11′ Scorpio conjunct Alpha Centauri (Toliman) at 29°47′ Scorpio on 20–21 November 2025 functioned as the precise cosmic trigger that lit the fuse of the Mars–Uranus opposition chart (4 Nov, Andover). For Mars-Uranus, Ebertin: “Unusual achievement through an extraordinary power of effort” Alpha Centauri’s own nature (per Nick Fiorenza, Bernadette Brady, and traditional sources): the “fortunate teacher / guardian” Venus–Jupiter stellar nature → sudden good fortune, liberation of the bound, higher education, philanthropy The Moon in the Grand Cross is conjunct Mirach.- one of t...