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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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A Conversation Between Pocahontas and Sacagawea – Two Native Americans I Know Very Little About

Pocahontas, seen here in the traditional garments of the Anglo-Saxon tribe.

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to be paid in wampum, passes the peace pipe with one tribeswoman who made a lot of money for Disney and another who is money.

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A Conversation Between Cocaine and Heroin – Two Controlled Substances I Know Very Little About

Seen here: a potent form of cocaine rock, known to users as "penny nose candy."

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to still take ludes, finds the right balance between uppers and downers in this conversation between a Schedule I and a Schedule II narcotic.

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A Conversation Between Doctors Julius Erving and Jonas Salk – Two Health Care Professionals I Know Very Little About

Dr. Julius Erving, seen here leading the fight to eradicate boring basketball.

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to hold an advanced degree in conversational studies, imagines a chat between two doctoral colleagues: one known for jamming the rock, the other for jamming needles into arms.

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A Conversation Between Harry Truman and Doris Day – Two Characters from a Billy Joel Song I Actually Know Quite a Lot About

"We Didn't Start the Fire" b/w "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to love you just the way you are, attempts to identify the culprit in an age-old unsolved arson case by analyzing a conversation between two famous people from the late 1940s.

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A Conversation Between a Coca-Cola Executive and a Pepsi-Cola Executive – Two Soft Drink Salesmen I Know Very Little About

Add rum to this beverage to make a rum & Coke.

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to do the Dew on a regular basis, reignites the Cola Wars with a verbal fusillade between representatives of America’s two largest soda manufacturers. A Faygo exec could not be found for comment.

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