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A Conversation Between Pablo Picasso and Norman Rockwell – Two Painters I Know Very Little About

Contrary to popular thought, plenty of people called this man an asshole.

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor not to pose nude for college art classes in his spare time, paints a word portrait of two artists who are almost as famous as Thomas Kinkade.

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A Conversation Between the Canadian Prime Minister and Gordon Brown – Two Commonwealth Politicians I Know Very Little About

If this man isn't Canada's prime minister, he probably stick checked whoever it is at least once.

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to be a member of the Labour Party, enters into the parlimentary record an exchange between a former UK prime minister and the current Canadian one. Whoever the hell that is.

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A Conversation Between John Hancock and Bob Dole – Two American Political Figures I Know Very Little About

Fun fact: Hancock made this signature using his own blood.

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to write with a quill, scripts this short exchange between two figures from American history best known for using pens.

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A Conversation Between a Platypus and a Chameleon – Two Animals I Know Very Little About

Creepiest watercolor ever.

So it’s come to this. Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to write Conversation Pieces, finally resorts to doing animal humor.

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A Conversation Between Charles Manson and Charlie Chaplin – Two Hollywood Eccentrics I Know Very Little About

Charlie Chaplin, seen here on a U.S. postage stamp, an honor Charles Manson has yet to earn.

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to sport a toothbrush mustache, envisions an exchange between a man prone to raving and another famous for being mute.

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A Conversation Between Golda Meir and Yasser Arafat – Two Former Mideast Leaders I Know Very Little About

At this point in Yassir Arafat's career, Palestine's future was so bright that he had to wear shades.

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to know how to fold a keffiyeh, uses his cloth-wrapped head to think up an exchange between the mother of Israel and the father of modern Palestine. Warning: sparks (and shrapnel) will fly.

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