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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | + | This is a pun. A windmill (where the blades are moved by the wind) is not a fan (where the fan blades move the air). | |
− | + | Until Facebook changed to the current mechanism with "like", they had a button "I'm a fan". A windmill could be seen as the ultimate big fan. | |
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+ | A {{w|trebuchet}} is a type of catapult. The setup described would not be a trebuchet, as the energy rotating the arm and flinging the rock would not be from a raised counterweight. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Megan is talking to a wind turbine.] | + | :[Megan is talking to a giant wind turbine.] |
:Megan: I'll hold up a big kite, and you blow air at me until I lift off! | :Megan: I'll hold up a big kite, and you blow air at me until I lift off! | ||
:Megan: What do you think of that idea? | :Megan: What do you think of that idea? | ||
:Wind turbine: I'm not a huge fan. | :Wind turbine: I'm not a huge fan. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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