# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/21 "2009-10-29T15:07:12Z")
Reminds me of a word in Douglas Adams’ _Meaning of Liff_: - Nossob; s.: A word that resembles another word spelled backwards, but isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/22 "2009-10-29T17:37:57Z")
Cap Tupac. Tupac kaput. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/23 "2009-10-29T18:48:26Z")
Wish upon a star, rats. An opus hews. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/24 "2009-10-29T18:50:58Z")
May a tiny baby knit a yam? ---
**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, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/25 "2009-10-29T22:16:00Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > May a tiny baby knit a yam? Hilarious! Thanks for a new family catchphrase, **Max Torque**! * * * Live “Gray” space alien made this bizarre remark: “Ramerer razibs hite damneilae capsy!” Arg! Evil! ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/26 "2009-10-29T23:19:24Z")
Strange time: Popeye sees ewe, eats shrew, wears stew, sees eye pop, emit egg narts. Most of the world row the flotsom ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/27 "2009-11-01T22:13:53Z")
Stressed, may l eat teal yam desserts? Lonely, Toni? Baby, no Tylenol!\* - in danger of being an actual palindrome, so I changed Tony to female. Uh, do I tap a patio? Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/28 "2009-11-02T00:05:09Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > maple napalm What’s the big idea of giving away Ben & Jerry’s new flavor like that? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/29 "2009-11-02T16:00:50Z")
A man, a plan, a canal: Suez! ---
**Author:** ![ajdebosco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@ajdebosco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajdebosco)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/30 "2009-11-03T20:58:33Z")
Sums are not set as a test on Erasmus ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/31 "2009-11-03T23:47:22Z")
I prefer pie. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/32 "2009-11-04T01:36:34Z")
> [@ajdebosco](#): > > Sums are not set as a test on Erasmus I think you failed to fail here. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/33 "2009-11-04T05:27:39Z")
[Snuggleguns](http://achewood.com/index.php?date=05012007) ring-a-ding-ding, baby. ---
**Author:** ![Baine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Baine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baine)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/34 "2009-11-04T05:55:23Z")
I am Nerdy Dr. Ennui. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/35 "2009-11-04T14:42:18Z")
In 1 hot spot, “pop tops” to H1N1 (they drink to swine flu in hell) * * * Ten to deliver TA’s dog’s goods at Reviledotnet ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/36 "2009-11-04T14:52:35Z")
Reg, it’s Anna E. Levi’s Australian snail art! Suasive! Lean! Nastier! ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/37 "2009-11-04T18:55:35Z")
a can, a jam: Jamaica ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/38 "2009-11-04T21:10:33Z")
Oh snap! Pan hos! ---
**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:** [November 4, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454/39 "2009-11-04T21:50:15Z")
O’ google “igloo” Sob! Bob’s a boob! Yanks a risk? Nay! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-palindromes/515454.md?page=1)