Nursery Rhymes for Fighting Times - Book of nursery rhyme parodies about WWI (1914) - link for a scan in the body ( lemmy.world )

interrobang ,

What an amazing (and bleak! That back cover art) piece of history, thank you so much for sharing.

pipows ,
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Why is Germany an egg?

FlyingSquid OP ,
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Because it is easily cracked, I imagine.

d00ery ,

Humpty Dumpty is a nursery rhyme.

partial_accumen ,

It took me a moment to connect the image on the cover is goose stepping

Paradachshund ,

Elphinstone Thorpe -- what a name!

FlyingSquid OP ,
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People had weird names back then. As much as people complain about the names parents give their kids today, I kind of like that we're going back to that.

Paradachshund ,

There's an old musical which I forget the name of, where the young woman love interest was named Ermingarde. That one always stuck with me cause it was so outlandish sounding to me.

toynbee ,

Perhaps she was the progenitor of the "ermahgerd" meme format.

Paradachshund ,

Holy shit I hope so 😆

moistclump ,

My exact first thought, word for word.

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