# Palindromes. If you know what I'm sayin. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 28, 2000, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromes-if-you-know-what-im-sayin/42965 "2000-11-28T02:46:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LMacG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@LMacG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LMacG)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2000, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromes-if-you-know-what-im-sayin/42965/21 "2000-11-28T15:39:50Z")
Able was I, ere I saw Elba. and in other news: Marge lets Norah see Sharon’s telegram. Yawn. Madonna Fan? No damn way! A dog, a plan, a canal: pagoda. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2000, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromes-if-you-know-what-im-sayin/42965/22 "2000-11-28T15:48:53Z")
From Soundgarden (surprising, coming from a practicing Catholic) Satan oscillate my metallic sonatas. Jman ---
**Author:** ![stofsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2000, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromes-if-you-know-what-im-sayin/42965/23 "2000-11-28T15:58:41Z")
My favorite palindrome is my almost-6-yr old daughter, Hannah. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2000, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromes-if-you-know-what-im-sayin/42965/24 "2000-11-28T15:58:47Z")
When I was in choir in high school we had to sing this palindrome to warm up: Sit on a potato pan, Otis ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromes-if-you-know-what-im-sayin/42965/25 "2000-11-28T15:59:48Z")
Draw putrid dirt upward. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2000, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromes-if-you-know-what-im-sayin/42965/26 "2000-11-28T16:08:01Z")
One of my favorites is apparently a real business in the northern California town: Yreka Bakery Then there was the political leader Lon Nol And of course, Dammit, I’m mad! A good list, including some Latin palindromes, is available at freenet.buffalo.edu/~cd431/palindromes.html ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2000, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromes-if-you-know-what-im-sayin/42965/27 "2000-11-28T16:10:34Z")
Oops! Gonna try again to make that link a live one [http://freenet.buffalo.edu/~cd431/palindromes.html](http://freenet.buffalo.edu/~cd431/palindromes.html) ---
**Author:** ![Bobort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bobort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobort)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromes-if-you-know-what-im-sayin/42965/28 "2000-11-28T16:33:03Z")
Ed: unremarkable was I, ere I saw Elba Kramer nude. ---
**Author:** ![muppetsoup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@muppetsoup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muppetsoup)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2000, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromes-if-you-know-what-im-sayin/42965/29 "2000-11-28T17:18:41Z")
Dog, as a devil deified, lived as a God. ---
**Author:** ![Mofo\_Rising](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mofo\_Rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mofo_Rising)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromes-if-you-know-what-im-sayin/42965/30 "2000-11-29T06:12:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kallessa \* > \*\* (Hijack) > I once thought of starting of religion of palindromes–they reflect a certain level of perfection I think should be evident in the names of the Gods. We all know God backwards is Dog–and do we not feel a bit foolish for worshipping one whose perfection is less evident backwards? Bob is God, and Eve is Goddess, so are Ava, Mim and Otto. Mom and Dad are God, but not Papa or Mumsey. The symmetry of creation is thus upheld. > > (End hijack) > \*\* God! A red nugget! A fat egg under a dog! Let’s see if I can make a story. I, zany Nazi. Reno loner. “Lager, sir, is regal!” Ah, Satan sees Natasha. Sniff 'um muffins. “Now, Ned, I am a maiden nun: Ned, I am a maiden won!” Sex at noon taxes. “Egad! No bondage!” Lay a wallaby baby ball away, Al. “Ma is a nun, as I am.” May a moody baby damn a yam? Okay, so it doesn’t make much sense. ---
**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromes-if-you-know-what-im-sayin/42965/31 "2000-11-29T08:32:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Falcon \* > “Son I am able, she said, though you scare me, watch said I beloved I said, watch me scare you though said she able am I son.” [whiny mode] Fallcooooonnnnnn!!! You took mine! 🙂 now my pathetic entry has to be: racecar [/whiny mode] ---
**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromes-if-you-know-what-im-sayin/42965/32 "2000-11-29T08:40:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kallessa \* > We all know God backwards is Dog–and do we not feel a bit foolish for worshipping one whose perfection is less evident backwards? Actually, what could be more perfect than a dog? warm, furry, unconditional love and protection - much better than any person I ever met 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromes-if-you-know-what-im-sayin/42965/33 "2000-11-29T13:55:46Z")
(Imagine you’re watching a Red Sox game) Boston ode: do not sob. By the way, what does the president of the Palindrome Society drive? A Toyota! :ducks and covers: ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromes-if-you-know-what-im-sayin/42965/34 "2000-11-30T06:24:52Z")
[Riders in the Sky](http://www.ridersinthesky.com) does a sketch featuring “Palindrome”, a daring gunslinger who only speaks in palindromes. (Sort of a play on the classic tv character “Paladin”). A sample scene, reconstructed from memory. (Palindrome enters the saloon) **Lady** : Howdy, stranger. **Palindrome** : Ma’am. **Lady** : Don’t believe I caught your name… **Palindrome**.: Madam, I’m Adam. **Lady** : Well hi, Adam! Say, I didn’t see you ride in on a horse. How’d you get into town? **Palindrome** : A Toyota. **Barkeep** : What’ll ya have? **Palindrome** :: Lager, sir, is regal. **Lady** : You sound kind of stopped up. Are your sinuses bothering you? **Palindrome**.: Tons o’ snot. **Lady** : Well, I hope you’re not allergic to all these old cats! **Palindrome** : Senile felines! **Big Gib** : I hear you’re the guy who’s come to clean up this town! **Lady** : Oh, no! It’s Big Gib - he’s a murderer and a thief! **Palindrome** : Big Gib? **Big Gib** : That’s the name. And it’s the last thing you’ll ever say. Reach for the sky! **Palindrome** : Draw, o coward! **Big Gib** : Why, you– **Palindrome** : YO! [bang… thump] **Palindrome** : Oy… **Lady** : My hero! **Palindrome** : Now, sir, a war is won! **Lady** : Ooooh… Adam, why don’t you come over to my place… for lunch? **Palindrome** : Sex at noon? Taxes! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromes-if-you-know-what-im-sayin/42965/35 "2000-11-30T13:41:44Z")
And with that post, **drewbert** adds his name to the pile of dopers who have demonstrated just what kind of a life they have: None. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromes-if-you-know-what-im-sayin/42965/36 "2000-11-30T14:01:21Z")
[hijack] The band I was in in Cleveland, after being nearly sued for naming ourselves **Electrolux** , changed our name to **The Palindromes**. For stage names, three of us referred to ourselves as Anna, Bob and Otto (I was Otto). Our first CD was called, at the suggestion of the owner of the label that pressed it, _Muy Muy Pop - Yum Yum!_. Our second was called, _A Man, A Car, A Maraca_. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromes-if-you-know-what-im-sayin/42965/37 "2000-12-01T00:25:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\*And with that post, **drewbert** adds his name to the pile of dopers who have demonstrated just what kind of a life they have: > > None. \*\* **YES!!!** :: pumps fist in the air :: _Able was I, ere I saw Elba_ ---
**Author:** ![Kyberneticist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kyberneticist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyberneticist)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromes-if-you-know-what-im-sayin/42965/38 "2000-12-01T00:58:30Z")
This is from a recent link on slashdot, but was so cool I had to add it to this thread. A palindromic C program… ```auto char rahc [] = " /" , redivider [] = "Able was I ere I saw elbA" , * deliver,reviled = 1+1 , niam ; main ( ) {/*\} \*/ int tni = 0x0 , rahctup,putchar ( ) ,LACEDx0 = 0xDECAL, rof ; for (;(int) (tni);) (int) (tni) = reviled ; deliver = redivider ; for ((int)(tni)++,++reviled;reviled* *deliver;deliver++,++(int)(tni)) rof = (int) -1- (tni) ;reviled--;--deliver; (tni) = (int) - 0xDECAL + LACEDx0 - rof ; for (reviled--,(int)--(tni);(int) (tni);(int)--(tni),--deliver) rahctup = putchar (reviled* *deliver) ; rahctup * putchar ((char) * (rahc)) ; /*\ {\*/} ``` ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromes-if-you-know-what-im-sayin/42965/39 "2000-12-01T01:09:41Z")
2002 - Graduation year. WHOO HOOO!!! ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palindromes-if-you-know-what-im-sayin/42965/40 "2000-12-01T01:22:38Z")
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