# Today, 01.02.2010, is Palindrome Day. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 2, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-01-02-2010-is-palindrome-day/523439 "2010-01-02T22:01:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-01-02-2010-is-palindrome-day/523439/1 "2010-01-02T22:01:45Z")
Won’t lovers revolt now? ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-01-02-2010-is-palindrome-day/523439/2 "2010-01-02T22:03:55Z")
But that was nine years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-01-02-2010-is-palindrome-day/523439/3 "2010-01-02T22:07:13Z")
> [@brownie55](#): > > But that was nine years ago. It’s Dyslexic’s day. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-01-02-2010-is-palindrome-day/523439/4 "2010-01-02T22:09:30Z")
Can a mod please correct the thread title? I’m so embarassed. Dessarab meos m’I. ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-01-02-2010-is-palindrome-day/523439/5 "2010-01-02T22:12:54Z")
In much of the world, today is expressed as 02.01.2010 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-01-02-2010-is-palindrome-day/523439/6 "2010-01-02T22:18:03Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Can a mod please correct the thread title? > > I’m so embarassed. Dessarab meos m’I. This is one you should have to live with so we may point and laugh for years to come.😃 Probably won’t, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-01-02-2010-is-palindrome-day/523439/7 "2010-01-02T22:24:36Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Can a mod please correct the thread title? > > I’m so embarassed. Dessarab meos m’I. All is well. Title fixed. **Ellen Cherry MPSIMS Moderator** ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-01-02-2010-is-palindrome-day/523439/8 "2010-01-02T22:47:21Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > This is one you should have to live with so we may point and laugh for years to come.😃 Egad! No bondage! Live not on evil. And thanks, Ms. **Cherry**. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-01-02-2010-is-palindrome-day/523439/9 "2010-01-02T23:19:54Z")
For the sake of anyone who is confused by the first few posts, the original title of this thread was “Today, 01.02.2001, is Palindrome Day.” **Ellen Cherry** changed the “2001” to “2010.” ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-01-02-2010-is-palindrome-day/523439/10 "2010-01-02T23:59:06Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:9, topic:523439”] “2001” to “2010.” [/QUOTE] Also the name of a book and its sequel by Arthur C. Clarke. Coincidence? ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-01-02-2010-is-palindrome-day/523439/11 "2010-01-03T00:06:59Z")
Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-01-02-2010-is-palindrome-day/523439/12 "2010-01-03T00:11:22Z")
A man, a plan, a canal – Panama ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-01-02-2010-is-palindrome-day/523439/13 "2010-01-03T00:39:51Z")
For some, it’s ‘Shift Day’: 02-01-2010. And in Standardland, it’s 2010-01-02… another palindrome1 ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-01-02-2010-is-palindrome-day/523439/14 "2010-01-03T01:27:59Z")
Man, I had to stare at the thread title an embarrassingly long time before I figured out “oh hey, it IS a palindrome!” ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-01-02-2010-is-palindrome-day/523439/15 "2010-01-03T02:33:07Z")
Hem god dog, meh! ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-01-02-2010-is-palindrome-day/523439/16 "2010-01-03T02:46:18Z")
I had to write the date in YYMMDD format on a form today, and it just looked so wrong! 100102 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-01-02-2010-is-palindrome-day/523439/17 "2010-01-03T03:03:42Z")
Paging" I Love Me. Volume I. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-01-02-2010-is-palindrome-day/523439/18 "2010-01-03T03:16:22Z")
Wait, it’s the first of February already? Damn. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-01-02-2010-is-palindrome-day/523439/19 "2010-01-03T03:40:10Z")
A Slut was I ere I saw Tulsa Yoga Goy DNA Level Cleveland ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-01-02-2010-is-palindrome-day/523439/20 "2010-01-03T03:46:50Z")
Anyone here named Tacocat? Cause this would be her/his day! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-01-02-2010-is-palindrome-day/523439.md?page=2)