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A Conversation Between Babe Ruth and Lance Armstrong – Two Athletes I Know Very Little About

Babe Ruth, seen here with one very lucky fan.

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to pass gym in high school, imagines some clubhouse chatter between a Yankee and a Texan, both known for their ability to crush the ball.

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A Conversation Between President John Tyler and President James Polk – Two Commanders-in-Chief I Know Very Little About

James Polk, president and perhaps the inventor of polka?

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to be a card-carrying member of the Whig Party, moderates a conversation between two men who led the United States at some some point in history. Probably between the famous, early presidents and all the ones with beards.

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A Conversation Between Johnny Appleseed and Paul Bunyan – Two Folk Heroes I Know Very Little About

Babe the Blue Ox: Faithful companion, utter freak of nature

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to throw a lasso around a twister and ride it across the Great Plains, his boot spurs carving the path of the Missouri River as those mighty winds dragged him along, imagines a talk between a man who planted trees and one who chopped them down.

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A Conversation Between Mario and Luigi – Two Video Game Characters I Know Very Little About

Mushroom from the order Agaricus one-upicus

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to own a pair of overalls, takes a trip to the Mushroom Kingdom, where he imagines an exchange between a plumber-turned-doctor-turned-painter-turned-go-kart racer and his less successful brother.

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A Conversation Between Paul Revere and Benedict Arnold – Two Revolutionary War Figures I Know Very Little About

Paul Revere & The Raiders, seen here valiantly staving off another British invasion.

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to favor taxation without representation, envisions a discussion between two members of the original Tea Party movement.

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A Conversation Between John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald – Two Presidential Assassins I Know Very Little About

Pictured: A crazy person.

Whim contributor and anti-Castro rebel Matt Passet takes aim at two of the most reviled gunmen in American history. Charles Guiteau and Leon Czolgosz declined to participate in this project.

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