The cartoon humorously plays on the classic character Don Quixote, from the novel by Miguel de Cervantes. In the story, Don Quixote famously mistakes windmills for giants and attempts to fight them.
In this cartoon, Don Quixote is depicted on his horse with his lance, but instead of a windmill, he encounters a simple electric fan. The punchline, “I will not fight a child,” adds to the humor by suggesting that Don Quixote perceives the fan as a much smaller and less threatening opponent, akin to a child, thus deciding it’s not worth fighting. The absurdity of mistaking an electric fan for a child, combined with the reference to his original confusion with windmills, creates a humorous twist.
You see, the comic doesn’t denote who is speaking. So I am asking as if I think the fan is the one speaking to the old man. Thus making a secondary, arguably worse, joke.
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“tilting at windmills”
Could you explain further… for another friend
Here’s what ChatGPT had to say about it:
The cartoon humorously plays on the classic character Don Quixote, from the novel by Miguel de Cervantes. In the story, Don Quixote famously mistakes windmills for giants and attempts to fight them.
In this cartoon, Don Quixote is depicted on his horse with his lance, but instead of a windmill, he encounters a simple electric fan. The punchline, “I will not fight a child,” adds to the humor by suggesting that Don Quixote perceives the fan as a much smaller and less threatening opponent, akin to a child, thus deciding it’s not worth fighting. The absurdity of mistaking an electric fan for a child, combined with the reference to his original confusion with windmills, creates a humorous twist.
Chat gpt just loves pointing out twists!
“Also you should probably put glue in your pizza cheese and eat a rock every day.”
That was Google tho
Fans are “the children” of windmills.
“When one windmill really loves another windmill…”
Ah, yes. Thank you (on behalf of my friend).
But why does the fan think the old man is a child?
because it’s a small fan, this hinges on the premise that a windmill is a big fan.
You see, the comic doesn’t denote who is speaking. So I am asking as if I think the fan is the one speaking to the old man. Thus making a secondary, arguably worse, joke.