# Palindromatic limerick? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 24, 2001, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromatic-limerick/95021 "2001-11-24T15:09:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromatic-limerick/95021/1 "2001-11-24T15:09:20Z")
Has anyone ever composed a limerick that was also a palindrome? ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromatic-limerick/95021/2 "2001-11-24T15:40:25Z")
From [http://limericks.org/pentatette/worth.htm](http://limericks.org/pentatette/worth.htm) > [@](#): > > There was a young Greek in a boat > Who said to me, and I quote, > “Etouq id naemot > Dias ohw taob > A ni keerggnuoy asaw ereht.” ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromatic-limerick/95021/3 "2001-11-24T21:16:09Z")
Bob: That was priceless. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patricinus_Scriblerus)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromatic-limerick/95021/4 "2001-11-25T00:20:39Z")
I read that at work and was ROTLMAO!! Now my co-workers think I am NUTS thanks! Does that actually translate to anything ?? ---
**Author:** ![Jocke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@Jocke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jocke)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromatic-limerick/95021/5 "2001-11-25T00:25:24Z")
Yes I believe it is aramenic and means “long life and great constitution to the pandas of the world” ---
**Author:** ![Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patricinus_Scriblerus)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromatic-limerick/95021/6 "2001-11-25T00:43:12Z")
CRAP…here come the guys with the white coats telling me that they’re my ‘friends’ …You got me again 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Eryk\_Lim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@Dr\_Eryk\_Lim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Eryk_Lim)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromatic-limerick/95021/7 "2011-04-18T09:52:15Z")
Tango-noter, a disc I peek at In a temple: hot sin, a mad rat; Ere we retard, a man Is to help me tan; I take epics, I dare, to no gnat. Will Thomas ([http://www.limericks.org/pentatette/worth.htm](http://www.limericks.org/pentatette/worth.htm)) ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromatic-limerick/95021/8 "2011-04-18T11:09:25Z")
An old thread that years ago was Laid to rest was revived just because Dr Lim had a tip But Dopers will quip That sniarb ruoy tnaw seibmoz ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromatic-limerick/95021/9 "2011-04-18T12:02:08Z")
> [@Dr\_Eryk\_Lim](#): > > Tango-noter, a disc I peek at > In a temple: hot sin, a mad rat; > Ere we retard, a man > Is to help me tan; > I take epics, I dare, to no gnat. > Will Thomas > > ([http://www.limericks.org/pentatette/worth.htm](http://www.limericks.org/pentatette/worth.htm)) Impressive. A bit of a tongue twister if you try to say it in rhythm, especially the third line. (In rhythm means matching it to Hickory Dickory Dock.) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromatic-limerick/95021/10 "2011-04-18T13:36:26Z")
I thought a palindrome was where Sarah keeps her airplanes. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromatic-limerick/95021/11 "2011-04-18T14:10:59Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I thought a palindrome was where Sarah keeps her airplanes. Silly me, and I thought it was where she raced her bike. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromatic-limerick/95021/12 "2011-04-18T14:23:53Z")
Nurse, I spy Gypsies. Run! Not a limerick, but still my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromatic-limerick/95021/13 "2011-04-18T16:21:38Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > Silly me, and I thought it was where she raced her bike. I wondered why there were so many people in spandex hanging around! ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromatic-limerick/95021/14 "2011-04-18T16:26:33Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Nurse, I spy Gypsies. Run! > > Not a limerick, but still my favorite. Nurse, I spy Gypsies. Run! Nurse, I spy Gypsies. Run! (blah blah blah blah blah) (blah blah blah blah blah) Nurse, I spy Gypsies. Run! ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromatic-limerick/95021/15 "2011-04-18T19:20:39Z")
Your middle lines should have been: (blah blah blah blah blah) (halb halb halb halb halb)