Palindromes

[Annasfield]

Obviously I'm working hard as it's a Friday afternoon and I am really conscientious when it comes to my job. Anyhoo, reading the Forum drinks thread made me think of this. Palindromes....

I am one - Anna - anyone else? B)

[Mogs]

My one is bigger Hannah

[Annasfield]

*pokingtongueoutsmilie*

[Mogs]

Annasfield Wrote:

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> *pokingtongueoutsmilie*

I don't think that is one

[Brendan]

That's not a palindrome.

[Jah Lush]

Abba (obviously)

[Ant]

Madam, I am Adam.

Hang about, that's not right. How does it go? Anyone else remember?

[jonsuissy]

Was it a rat I saw?

[PeckhamRose]

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That's generally acknowledged as being the longest unless I have been misinformed. I wrote it like that so you can read it up and down.

[char1ie]

You are misinformed. 1984. This little gem:

A man, a plan, a caret, a ban, a myriad, a sum, a lac, a liar, a hoop, a pint, a catalpa, a gas, an oil, a bird, a yell, a vat, a caw, a pax, a wag, a tax, a nay, a ram, a cap, a yam, a gay, a tsar, a wall, a car, a luger, a ward, a bin, a woman, a vassal, a wolf, a tuna, a nit, a pall, a fret, a watt, a bay, a daub, a tan, a cab, a datum, a gall, a hat, a fag, a zap, a say, a jaw, a lay, a wet, a gallop, a tug, a trot, a trap, a tram, a torr, a caper, a top, a tonk, a toll, a ball, a fair, a sax, a minim, a tenor, a bass, a passer, a capital, a rut, an amen, a ted, a cabal, a tang, a sun, an ass, a maw, a sag, a jam, a dam, a sub, a salt, an axon, a sail, an ad, a wadi, a radian, a room, a rood, a rip, a tad, a pariah, a revel, a reel, a reed, a pool, a plug, a pin, a peek, a parabola, a dog, a pat, a cud, a nu, a fan, a pal, a rum, a nod, an eta, a lag, an eel, a batik, a mug, a mot, a nap, a maxim, a mood, a leek, a grub, a gob, a gel, a drab, a citadel, a total, a cedar, a tap, a gag, a rat, a manor, a bar, a gal, a cola, a pap, a yaw, a tab, a raj, a gab, a nag, a pagan, a bag, a jar, a bat, a way, a papa, a local, a gar, a baron, a mat, a rag, a gap, a tar, a decal, a tot, a led, a tic, a bard, a leg, a bog, a burg, a keel, a doom, a mix, a map, an atom, a gum, a kit, a baleen, a gala, a ten, a don, a mural, a pan, a faun,

a ducat, a pagoda, a lob, a rap, a keep, a nip, a gulp, a loop, a deer, a leer, a lever, a hair, a pad, a tapir, a door, a moor, an aid, a raid, a wad, an alias, an ox, an atlas, a bus, a madam, a jag, a saw, a mass, an anus, a gnat, a lab, a cadet, an em, a natural, a tip, a caress, a pass, a baronet, a minimax, a sari, a fall, a ballot, a knot, a pot, a rep, a

carrot, a mart, a part, a tort, a gut, a poll, a gateway, a law, a jay, a sap, a zag, a fat, a hall, a gamut, a dab, a can, a tabu, a day, a batt, a waterfall, a patina, a nut, a flow, a lass, a van, a mow, a nib, a draw, a regular, a call, a war, a stay, a gam, a yap, a cam, a ray, an ax, a tag, a wax, a paw, a cat, a valley, a drib, a lion, a saga, a plat, a catnip, a

pooh, a rail, a calamus, a dairyman, a bater, a canal--Panama

But that's a bit ridiculous.

How about Bob by Weird Al Yakovich (from Poodle Hat) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0b/Weirdalpoodlehat.jpeg/200px-Weirdalpoodlehat.jpeg an entirely palendromic song:

I, man, am regal - a German am I

Never odd or even

If I had a hi-fi

Madam, I'm Adam

Too hot to hoot

No lemons, no melon

Too bad I hid a boot

Lisa Bonet ate no basil

Warsaw was raw

Was it a car or a cat I saw?

Rise to vote, sir

Do geese see god?

"Do nine men interpret?" "Nine men," I nod

Rats live on no evil star

Won't lovers revolt now?

Race fast, safe car

Pa's a sap

Ma is as selfless as I am

May a moody baby doom a yam?

Ah, Satan sees Natasha

No devil lived on

Lonely Tylenol

Not a banana baton

No "x" in "Nixon"

O, stone, be not so

O Geronimo, no minor ego

"Naomi," I moan

"A Toyota's a Toyota"

A dog, a panic in a pagoda

Oh no! Don Ho!

Nurse, I spy gypsies - run!

Senile felines

Now I see bees I won

UFO tofu

We panic in a pew

Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo

God! A red nugget! A fat egg under a dog!

Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog

Great stuff. My wife's birthday is palendromic: 27.11.72

Charlie

[char1ie]

And Bob is a Bob Dylan pisstake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nej4xJe4Tdg

[Brendan]

Sorry to be the one to have to point this out about the esteemed Mr Yankovic?s video there but (Harmonica Solo) is not a palindrome.

In fact Olo Sacino Marh is bird from Japanese mythology that guarded the seventh level of the heaven of water and had lotus blossoms for feathers.

[PeckhamRose]

Wow I love this forum. Hope the kids don't make a forum for themselves, they could really learn something on here!!!

[mightyroar]

Hats off to you Charlie for that Wierd Al knowledge. he just went up in my estimation, not that he was ever that low in it.

You'd never get Wierd Al winning ex factor would you. Sad.

[char1ie]

Don't worry, I'm not really a Yankovich fan. I culled the lyrics and info in a Wiki/Google fu session. To me he's always been a bit base in his humor and his pastiches are none too clever. However, AngryWhiteBoy Polka and this palindromes thing have lifted him up slightly in my eyes. Only slightly though.

Charlie

[Domitianus]

*Bob* is a very unimaginative one.

[char1ie]

I disagree. To make a song that rhymes and scans, entirely written in palindromes is quite clever. And then to use the Bob Dylan angle to imply that the song is deep and meaningful, when in fact the only meaningful thing about it is the palindromes, is also smart, especially since the lyrics are actually meaningless. So there's a lot of playful messing about with codes.

Charlie