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  • Here we are back in Humpty Dumpty territory once more:

    Sarkozy Puts On The Bovver Boots 2008

  • Here we are back in Humpty Dumpty territory once more:

    Archive 2008-06-29 2008

  • “Doctor Connelly is busy with this person he calls Humpty Dumpty.”

    The Cure for Modern Life Lisa Tucker 2008

  • “Doctor Connelly is busy with this person he calls Humpty Dumpty.”

    The Cure for Modern Life Lisa Tucker 2008

  • “Doctor Connelly is busy with this person he calls Humpty Dumpty.”

    The Cure for Modern Life Lisa Tucker 2008

  • As a result, a state appeals court in San Francisco will soon hear legal arguments on two troubling flaws of what we affectionately call the Humpty-Dumpty Law: Senate Bill 6, which fleshes out crucial details of Prop 14.

    Gautam Dutta: California's Humpty-Dumpty Law Gautam Dutta 2011

  • As a result, a state appeals court in San Francisco will soon hear legal arguments on two troubling flaws of what we affectionately call the Humpty-Dumpty Law: Senate Bill 6, which fleshes out crucial details of Prop 14.

    Gautam Dutta: California's Humpty-Dumpty Law Gautam Dutta 2011

  • ÂAs a result, a state appeals court in San Francisco will soon hear legal arguments on two troubling flaws of what we affectionately call the Humpty-Dumpty Law: ÂSenate Bill 6, which fleshes out crucial details of Prop 14.

    Gautam Dutta: California's Humpty-Dumpty Law Gautam Dutta 2011

  • The so-called Humpty Dumpty clause, as critics are calling it, would allow Bush to continue mangling the English language with impunity.

    Bush Authorizes Secret Program to Torture Language 2007

  • To paraphrase Humpty Dumpty, ‘When _I_ use a proxy,’ the climate scientist said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean–neither more nor less.’

    Dongge Cave « Climate Audit 2007

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