From Wikipedia ~ Humpty Dumpty:

When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master—that's all."

~ Lewis Carroll,  Through the Looking-Glass, 1872

earliest known version was published in Samuel Arnold's Juvenile Amusements in 1797[6] with the lyrics:

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
Four-score Men and Four-score more,
Could not make Humpty Dumpty where he was before

 The common text from 1954 is:

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.[2]

Food historians generally attribute the creation of the sandwich, as we know it today, to John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. This Englishman was said to have been fond of gambling. As the story goes, in 1762, during a 24 hour gambling streak he instructed a cook to prepare his food in such a way that it would not interfere with his game. The cook presented him with sliced meat between two pieces of toast. Perfect! This meal required no utensils and could be eaten with one hand, leaving the other free to continue the game.

-FoodTimeline.org

this one is not ironic to me, it's clearly they may be nasty lords, but their our nasty lords :

Brexit is just one more example of a population virtually evenly divided between diametrically opposed policy. Parliament is struggling to find a compromise when no compromise is possible. It's similar to the division on abortion in the US with one side wanting abortion to be legal and the other side wanting to ban them all. Or one side wanting to raise taxes and the other side wanting to cut them. Only if one side wins the debate can the compromises begin. If we agree abortion should be legal we can debate and compromise on the rules. Or if we agree taxes should be raised or should be cut we can debate and compromise on how much to raise them on what economic group, or how much to cut them on which economic group. Until we decide on the path forward no compromise is possible.

Ah vivid memories flooding back to me of begging for an "Incomplete" grade in grad school...