IF ...asleep

and without some help, Dorothy would never have made it out of the deadly Poppy field... thirty years later when Judy Garland was again lulled into a deadly barbiturate slumber, the scarecrow and tin-man were ~sadly~ nowhere to be found.

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It's important to understand that most artists of any accomplishment aren't a camera; they don't draw what they see, they draw what they want you to see... ~Robert Beverly Hale identified this as a truism.
Caricature is freed from the shackles of copying, and its joy is its freedom of interpretation and visual libel.

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IF ...soaked

A self proclaimed "sex-zombie" Veronica Lake personified the look and fashion of early 1940's glamour. As the 40s wore on her dependence on gin and vodka increased, her health decreased, and alcohol soaked up her talent and her life.
peek-a-booze!

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A little cookie in the mouth is better than two on the plate.
A plate in the mouth is a little kookie.

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IF ...safari

In 1909 Theodore Roosevelt went on safari in what is now Kenya and bagged six rare white rhinos... ~~and over 11,000 other animals to boot.
He found a lot of animals,
but never found the presidency again.

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It's all good.

But I really recommend the Mocha Java.
French~pressed.
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IF ...beginner

Can you take me back where I came from? Can you take me back?
Can you take me back where I came from? Brother can you take me back?
Can you take me back?
We all began somewhere; a 14 year old Paul McCartney traded his nickel-plated trumpet for a £15 Framus Zenith Model 17 acoustic guitar and the rest was history.

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Meeting your maker is a solemn undertaking.
Making a caricature is a solemn undertaking.
Meeting your caricaturist at a solemn meeting is the best part of the meeting.
Meeting your solemn undertaker is best left till later.

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IF ...lesson

Appearances are often deceiving, and Aesop's appearance is a mystery wrapped in an enigma ~~at best he was considered bizarrely ugly, but his lessons were simple and beautiful.

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But whoever caricatures you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also...
please

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IF ...bicycle

When the penny-farthing has mysteriously disappeared, enlightened folk avail themselves of Sherlock Holmes (based primarily on Basil Rathbone here) to save the day... "Where ever shall we look, Sherlock?" asks a fretful Dr. Watson. "It's 'ordinary', my dear Watson, --one begins with oneself!" replies a preoccupied Mr. Holmes...

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