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A Conversation Between Lenin and Mao – Two Communists I Know Very Little About

Once a dominating center, Mao turned to government after foot injuries prematurely ended his NBA career.

Comrade Matt Passet returns from exile with a most glorious conversation between two great leaders whose wisdom surely serves as an inspiration to us all. It is permitted for productivity to fall during the reading of this piece.

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A Conversation Between Mickey Mantle and Wayne Gretzky – Two Athletes I Know Very Little About

Casino spokesman Mickey Mantle

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to serve five minutes in the penalty box for high-sticking, imagines a locker room pep talk between two iconic sports figures.

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A Conversation Between Romeo and Juliet – Two Shakespearian Characters I Know Very Little About

Nice earring, douche.

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to feel that a rose by any other name would not smell as sweet, stages a conversation between two dumb kids.

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A Conversation Between Meyer Lansky and Al Capone – Two Gangsters I Know Very Little About

Richard Dreyfuss played this man in a movie.

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor not currently facing RICO charges, presents a short chat between two guys who killed a lot of other guys.

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A Conversation Between Luciano Pavarotti and Julio Iglesias – Two, Let’s Say, Europeans I Know Very Little About

Luciano Pavarotti, seen here portraying the character of Dom DeLouise in the operetta "Fumoso et il Bandito 2"

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to possess a five octave voice, imagines a duet between a pair of singers who could pass for any nationality from swarthy French to middle-class Estonian.

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A Conversation Between Prince Charles and Prince – Two Royal Figures I Know Very Little About

Prince Charles, seen here wearing his raspberry beret.

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor that nothing compares 2, scripts an exchange between the Purple One and His Royal Highness the Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland, Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Royal Knight Companion of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of Bath, Member of the Order of Merit, Knight of the Order of Australia, Companion of the Queen’s Service Order, Member of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty.

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