Question

In what ways does think tank was interpreted innocent nursery rhymes as threat tk/martians

Answer 1

The misinterpretation of the nursery rhyme by Think Tank is quite humorous. He took the rhyme’s figurative and imaginative words literally. He misinterpreted the rhyme as shown below:

Rhyme

Mistress Mary, quite contrary,

How does your garden grow?

With cockle shells and silver bells

And pretty maids all in a row.  

THINK TANK’S MISINTERPRETATION

The people of earth have discovered how to combine agriculture and mining. They can actually grow crops of rare metals such as silver. And cockle shells. They can grow high explosives, too.

Rhyme

Hey diddle diddle! The cat and the fiddle,

The cow jumped over the moon,

The little dog laughed to see such sport,

And the dish ran away with the spoon.

THINK TANK’S MISINTERPRETATION

The people of earth have reached a high level of civilization. They have trained their domesticated animals to launch an interplanetary attack; millions of cows could be on way to attack Mars. Even their dogs have a sense of humor.  

Rhyme

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall,

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;

All the King’s horses and all the King’s men,

Cannot put Humpty Dumpty together again.

THINK TANK’S MISINTERPRETATION

Think Tank misinterpreted Humpty Dumpty to be his own self. He thought the people of had seen him, and they’re after him. He misinterpreted “Had a great fall!” meant they were planning to capture Mars Central Control and him. He got scared and ordered his crew to leave earth immediately. He also planned to escape without delay. He planned to go to Alpha Centauri, a hundred million miles away.