Dingle Fritz and Fritzle Ding

I've called my little siblings "Dingle Fritz" and "Fritzle Ding" for years now, but the first two lines of this poem suddenly popped into my head this morning. This riddle was the end result.

Dingle Fritz and Fritzle Ding

One was Prince and one was King

Each third finger bore a ring

(You needn’t count the thumb)

 

Dingle Fritz was smart and kind

In the proper frame of mind

But liquor limits weren’t lined

So he was mean and dumb

 

Fritzle Ding knew many men

Only through the ink and pen

Who would kill their mothers when

Supplied the proper sum.

 

Dingle Fritz looked old and spent

When to bed he one night went

When wife woke, his neck was bent

And she became quite glum

 

Fritzle Ding was pleased to hear

Of Dingle Fritz’s final year

And never would another beer

Slip past his withered gum

 

Dingle Fritz and Fritzle Ding

One was Prince and one was King

But which was which?  Mysterious thing

The truth may never come

Author's Note

I'm not sure if I supplied enough information for anyone to be absolutely sure of the correct answer... but maybe I meant to do it that way. ;)

Reviews

[MuSe Ampoule]

no, no, no...perfect as it is. the obscurity of their exact identity is a fun little riddle for the reader and so it must stay! To over explain this piece would kill the fun mystery. Fun haphazard names...for quite a dire, grim mood.

Love this Truman...you have a magnificent mind!

[Light]

i'm pretty sure that on the surface it looks like Dingle Fritz was king and he was killed by his son...prince...Fritzle Ding, who hired someone to murder him in his sleep. however, this is misdirection. the death of Dingle Fritz would mean that Fritzle Ding would then be king and since the poem states twice, once in the beginning and once at the end:

"Dingle Fritz and Fritzle Ding
One was Prince and one was King,"

the reader would have to assume that this is the most reliable/truthful statement in the poem. under that assumption that one has to be king and one has to be prince and Dingle Fritz is in his "final year," so he can't be king. you can have no prince, but you can't have no king. that makes Fritzle Ding the king and Dingle Fritz is the prince by reasoning of:

"Dingle Fritz and Fritzle Ding
One was Prince and one was King"

-light-

[Worms]

Dingle Fritz was king Fritzle ding was prince now say that five times fast
great riddle though

[Cherrie Palmer]

Dingle Fritz was King

[aloha.]

yeah, i'm totally clueless of who is who and what's going on. haha.
but that's why it's riddle really. get my mind working and all.
i like it. it rhymed and sound kinda upbeat even the whole story wasnt happy.

bottom line: i. love. it.