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

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,
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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,
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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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