# Failed Palindromes **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 28, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454 "2009-10-28T15:43:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/1 "2009-10-28T15:43:28Z")
From John Hodgman’s _The Areas of My Expertise_ > [@](#): > > WHEN WRITING, PLEASE AVOID THESE FAILED PALINDROMES > > Slow speed: deep owls > Drat That Tard > Two Owls Hoot Who Owls Hoot Too (Owt) > Desire still lisps: Arise! D. > A man, a plan, a kind of man-made river, planned. > Hobos! So! The game for us is to come up with more failed palindromes. My first entry is lame (but not as lame as it looks). From the “it kind of looks like dialectical English, and I wish it really were” department: 'E mord 'n 'i lap: “Palindrome!” ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/2 "2009-10-28T16:36:46Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > 'E mord 'n 'i lap: “Palindrome!” Isn’t that a _successful_ palindrome? ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/3 "2009-10-28T16:42:06Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Isn’t that a _successful_ palindrome? I think a successful palindrome would have to actually _mean_ something. Mine’s unsuccessful in a different way than Hodgman’s, to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/4 "2009-10-28T16:58:29Z")
0 pets poop pesto ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/5 "2009-10-28T17:22:18Z")
Ned: node done on den? ---
**Author:** ![cantara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@cantara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantara)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/6 "2009-10-28T17:41:59Z")
Ipswich Bolton ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/7 "2009-10-28T17:53:17Z")
I nag Drac Cardigan. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/8 "2009-10-28T18:10:15Z")
An ok wino was I ere I saw Okinawa ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/9 "2009-10-28T19:15:03Z")
Cecil devours savoured lice New game thread - “Dear thema, Gwen”. Barack is sick arab ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/10 "2009-10-28T19:16:50Z")
> [@cantara](#): > > Ipswich Bolton 😕 A palindrome of “Bolton” would be “Notlob.” The man at the other station lied to you. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/11 "2009-10-28T19:22:20Z")
Dogs are rare as God. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/12 "2009-10-28T19:22:45Z")
Some ordinal professor rose for palindromes ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/13 "2009-10-28T19:37:02Z")
Nice nuns shun sin Pooh shoots too hoops Fail at a life Egg nog gone ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/14 "2009-10-28T19:37:49Z")
Able was I, ere I injured my elbow. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/15 "2009-10-28T19:47:43Z")
maple napalm ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/16 "2009-10-28T19:49:04Z")
Agassi in meth/tennis saga ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/17 "2009-10-28T21:06:07Z")
Stressed Leeza, “Palin’s evil deed lives in La Paz eel desserts!” ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/18 "2009-10-28T21:50:55Z")
Sal, Al, ogle “Google Gals” …alas _CSI_ defiled unused “Sue’s Nude Life” disc - MASH\*'s Radar a sham! Pope’s ears pop ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/19 "2009-10-29T02:48:42Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Pope’s ears pop Pope’s rear poops (Quite possibly in the woods) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/20 "2009-10-29T03:10:41Z")
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