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Jenkins’ point in panel four is that a non-defeatist cantaloupe would be called a canaloupe. It’s the rare joke that’s funnier if you don’t tell the punchline.

Of course, what we Americans call a cantaloupe is not a real cantaloupe. What we call cantaloupes here, technically, are called “musk melons.” It’s not hard to see why grocers decided to call them something else.

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