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Post number 11017

Umpqua — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:15:41 -0800

10/02/2001. Is today the first palandrome since December 31, 1321? What is your favorite palandrome?

By: heather

heather — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:19:14 -0800

Able was i ere i saw Elba.

By: Umpqua

Umpqua — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:19:54 -0800

D-oh! Sorry for the misspelling. It is obviously palindrome.

By: Aaaugh!

Aaaugh! — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:22:03 -0800

Go hang a salami. I'm a lasagna hog.

By: joemaller

joemaller — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:23:06 -0800

...unless you live anywhere but the United States, in which case the last palandrome date was February 10, 2001 (10/02/2001).

By: iceberg273

iceberg273 — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:23:06 -0800

Rubidium Bromide.

By: moz

moz — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:23:17 -0800

this reminds me of a They Might Be Giants song, titled i palindrome i. see the springs of the grandfather clock unwinding see the hands of my offspring making windmills dad palindrome dad i palindrome i i palindrome i i palindrome i i palindrome i and i am a snake head eating the head on the opposite side i palindrome i

By: Hildago

Hildago — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:29:14 -0800

"Madam, I'm Adam." Because that's my name, maam. Actually, I always liked "are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era?" because it almost sounds like a complete sentence. A couple other good ones: Lager, Sir, is regal. "Reviled did I live," said I, "as evil I did deliver."

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:31:04 -0800

you beat me to it moz. Madam I'm adam.

By: swift

swift — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:32:12 -0800

...satan oscillate my metallic sonatas...

By: waxpancake

waxpancake — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:34:57 -0800

A man, a plan, a caret, a ban, a myriad, a sum, a lac, a liar, a hoop, a pint, a catalpa, a gas, an oil, a bird, a yell, a vat, a caw, a pax, a wag, a tax, a nay, a ram, a cap, a yam, a gay, a tsar, a wall, a car, a luger, a ward, a bin, a woman, a vassal, a wolf, a tuna, a nit, a pall, a fret, a watt, a bay, a daub, a tan, a cab, a datum, a gall, a hat, a fag, a zap, a say, a jaw, a lay, a wet, a gallop, a tug, a trot, a trap, a tram, a torr, a caper, a top, a tonk, a toll, a ball, a fair, a sax, a minim, a tenor, a bass, a passer, a capital, a rut, an amen, a ted, a cabal, a tang, a sun, an ass, a maw, a sag, a jam, a dam, a sub, a salt, an axon, a sail, an ad, a wadi, a radian, a room, a rood, a rip, a tad, a pariah, a revel, a reel, a reed, a pool, a plug, a pin, a peek, a parabola, a dog, a pat, a cud, a nu, a fan, a pal, a rum, a nod, an eta, a lag, an eel, a batik, a mug, a mot, a nap, a maxim, a mood, a leek, a grub, a gob, a gel, a drab, a citadel, a total, a cedar, a tap, a gag, a rat, a manor, a bar, a gal, a cola, a pap, a yaw, a tab, a raj, a gab, a nag, a pagan, a bag, a jar, a bat, a way, a papa, a local, a gar, a baron, a mat, a rag, a gap, a tar, a decal, a tot, a led, a tic, a bard, a leg, a bog, a burg, a keel, a doom, a mix, a map, an atom, a gum, a kit, a baleen, a gala, a ten, a don, a mural, a pan, a faun, a ducat, a pagoda, a lob, a rap, a keep, a nip, a gulp, a loop, a deer, a leer, a lever, a hair, a pad, a tapir, a door, a moor, an aid, a raid, a wad, an alias, an ox, an atlas, a bus, a madam, a jag, a saw, a mass, an anus, a gnat, a lab, a cadet, an em, a natural, a tip, a caress, a pass, a baronet, a minimax, a sari, a fall, a ballot, a knot, a pot, a rep, a carrot, a mart, a part, a tort, a gut, a poll, a gateway, a law, a jay, a sap, a zag, a fat, a hall, a gamut, a dab, a can, a tabu, a day, a batt, a waterfall, a patina, a nut, a flow, a lass, a van, a mow, a nib, a draw, a regular, a call, a war, a stay, a gam, a yap, a cam, a ray, an ax, a tag, a wax, a paw, a cat, a valley, a drib, a lion, a saga, a plat, a catnip, a pooh, a rail, a calamus, a dairyman, a bater, a canal - Panama!

By: sudama

sudama — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:35:28 -0800

"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."

By: crunchland

crunchland — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:35:33 -0800

It's only a palindrome if you write it with American notation. In the international notation, the big day was last February 10th. And if you use the Islamic, Jewish, Chinese, or any number of non-Christian calendars, it's just another day.

By: starvingartist

starvingartist — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:37:24 -0800

Actually, if you use an abbreviated date form, yesterday was also a palindrome: 10/1/01

By: Snotty

Snotty — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:37:38 -0800

racecar

By: Umpqua

Umpqua — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:38:59 -0800

Starving Artist - Yeah - but it is not Y2K compliant.

By: moss

moss — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:44:29 -0800

My favorite: Rettebs iflahd noces, eh? Ttu, but the second half is better.

By: Hankins

Hankins — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:48:05 -0800

A Santa at NASA!

By: ewagoner

ewagoner — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:49:01 -0800

There are campfire legends that the plainsmen spin of a man who was nothing like Paladin. Couldn't ride, couldn't shoot, but he won his fame 'cause every thing he said said backwards (backwards... backwards...) was the same. Palindrome, Palindrome, what's in a name Palindrome, palindrome, backwards the same From Riders in the Sky's Ballad of Palindrome (Self-link to pirated MP3... if you like what you hear, buy it.)

By: monkeyJuice

monkeyJuice — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:52:08 -0800

did

By: dfowler

dfowler — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:52:34 -0800

A variant on the one two of us have already posted: The first introduction Adam: Madam, in Eden, I'm Adam. Eve: Eve.

By: scottfree

scottfree — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:55:03 -0800

How about the Python dead parrot sketch: Cleese: I understand that this is Bolton. Palin: Yeah. Cleese: Well, You told me it was Ipswich. Palin: It was a pun. Cleese: A pun? Palin: No, no, not a pun. No, what's the other thing where it reads the same backwards as forwards. Cleese: A palindrome? Palin: Yeah, yeah. Cleese: That's not a palindrome. A palindrome of Bolton would be Notlob. It don't work

By: Skot

Skot — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:57:50 -0800

Sit on a potato pan, Otis. Pretty innocuous for most civilians, but if your name is Otis, man, you're fucked!

By: brucec

brucec — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 10:17:28 -0800

Roy am I mayor?

By: Vek

Vek — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 10:19:50 -0800

2112! lml

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 10:24:59 -0800

radar

By: kittyb

kittyb — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 10:36:11 -0800

a man. a plan. a canal. panama!

By: winterdrm

winterdrm — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 10:42:40 -0800

"O Memsahib, Bart. Rabbi has memo." Episode 2!

By: mkn

mkn — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 10:42:53 -0800

Too fat a foot! No melons, no lemon.

By: bdk3clash

bdk3clash — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 10:49:11 -0800

Rise to vote, sir. (Comic Book Guy says this at the Springfield MENSA meeting. He doesn't even realize it's a palindrome.)

By: alan

alan — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 10:51:21 -0800

Hmm, at about 1:50 EST today there were 12221 metafilter members, unless unemployment is getting to Matt already (-:

By: stopgap

stopgap — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 11:01:17 -0800

Egad, a base tone denotes a bad age.

By: rabi

rabi — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 11:02:09 -0800

on a clover, if alive, erupts a vast, pure evil: a fire volcano.

By: woodge

woodge — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 11:05:01 -0800

Senile felines.

By: kliuless

kliuless — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 11:14:33 -0800

strap on, no parts!

By: Mrmuhnrmuh

Mrmuhnrmuh — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 11:20:33 -0800

Yo, banana boy!

By: tweebiscuit

tweebiscuit — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 11:30:06 -0800

I can't believe that no one yet has pointed out that there have been palindrome dates before... I specifically remember going to a "Palindrome date" party as a youngin' -- I think it was in 1991? Can anyone figure out what date that would have been?

By: varmint

varmint — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 11:38:51 -0800

Hands down, the best palindrome of all time is: Kay, a red nude, peeped under a yak.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 11:46:15 -0800

redivider is the longest palindromic word in english.

By: kindall

kindall — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 11:47:45 -0800

No, the best palindrome is "Rats drown in WordStar." I'm also fond of "A fool, a tool, a pool -- loopalootaloofa!"

By: Skot

Skot — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 11:51:38 -0800

An often-overlooked historical palindrome comes to us from the Revolutionary Era: Ben Franklin: "Nilk narf neb!"

By: the bob

the bob — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 11:53:27 -0800

favorite palindrome: bob (naturally) The only palindromes in 1991 would be: 19-9-1991 (4 digit year, non-american, semi-abbreviated notation), 19-n-91 (where 0 <n<10 or n=11, also non-american, semi-abbreviated notation), 1-9-91 (works for either jan 9th or sept 1st, depending on where you live). I think that's it. Just goes to show that palindrome dates are pretty numerous (pardon the pun) depending on where you live and how you abbreviate your dates. That said, non-abbreviated, american style dates are few and far between.

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 12:05:27 -0800

Yesterday was binary day: 100101 Wednesday next week will be 101001

By: kindall

kindall — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 12:33:44 -0800

Thursday next week will also be binary: 101101. It's also my birthday. November also has three binary days in it, again the first, tenth, and eleventh.

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 12:36:57 -0800

And then no more 'til 2010.

By: bondcliff

bondcliff — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 12:55:04 -0800

Go hang a salami, Doc. Note, I dissent! A fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on cod. I'm a lasagna hog.

By: etc.

etc. — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 13:08:56 -0800

Gotta say, I'm a big fan of palindromes. My entire career, marriage and life might all be very different if not for palindromes. I'll have to tell you about it sometime, say January 2, 2010. Most recent palindromic date I can think of is a bit later than December 31, 1321. I think the last was August 31, 1390.

By: etc.

etc. — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 13:13:16 -0800

Sorry, make that 1380.

By: iamjacksamnesia

iamjacksamnesia — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 13:41:52 -0800

I can't believe that no one yet has pointed out that there have been palindrome dates before... I specifically remember going to a "Palindrome date" party as a youngin' -- I think it was in 1991? Can anyone figure out what date that would have been? 11/11/1991.

By: iamjacksamnesia

iamjacksamnesia — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 13:49:27 -0800

i'm on drugs. ignore me.

By: Alison

Alison — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 13:56:44 -0800

This is my favorite palindrome prime number: 1023456987896543201

By: LeLiLo

LeLiLo — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 14:02:04 -0800

On the only CD I've played on (so far) -- Momentary Musicalistic Interactions, by Jeff Shaw and Pascacci -- Track 7 is titled oozy rat in a sanitary zoo.

By: iamjacksamnesia

iamjacksamnesia — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 14:27:55 -0800

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones have a song called Ufo Tofu, and not only is the title a palindrome, the music itself is palindromal(palindromatic?) in form. very unique song. of course, very unique band, as well.

By: phoenix enflamed

phoenix enflamed — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 14:51:09 -0800

Vek - where'd you learn lml? proud to be getting the palindromic diploma next year. too bad graduation isn't on the 10th of january.

By: sdinan

sdinan — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 15:04:43 -0800

Check out the band Riders in the sky for another great palindrome song: "The Ballad of Palindrome"

By: Vek

Vek — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 15:25:04 -0800

Phoenix - I didn't learn it (although I'm sure it's not original), I was just looking for a way to "type" the metal fingers. Check this guy out (from my buddies, Land of the El Caminos, last tour)

By: lotsofno

lotsofno — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 16:05:04 -0800

hold up.. was i the only one who saw waxpancake's post?!?!?!?

By: Davezilla

Davezilla — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 16:10:45 -0800

Since I'm a web designer for the Auto industry: * A TOYOTA * CIVIC

By: ParisParamus

ParisParamus — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 16:12:19 -0800

My birthday in Paramus: 3663 (but not Paris: 6363)

By: Hildago

Hildago — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 16:19:10 -0800

Lotsofno: That one was written in 1984 by Dan Hoey. Or rather, the computer program Dan Hoey wrote to make it. I have a page about it on my web site, but modesty forbids.

By: aprilgem

aprilgem — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 16:43:11 -0800

Did Hannah say as Hannah did?

By: kozad

kozad — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 17:52:00 -0800

What does this say about us metafiterians that these palindromic noodlings seem to be the most popular thread recently? Not a criticism; maybe a compliment; just asking.

By: ParisParamus

ParisParamus — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 18:03:26 -0800

What does this say about us metafiterians that these palindromic noodlings seem to be the most popular thread recently? It means every 20 serious posts needs a pancake post. These are rough times.

By: rowell

rowell — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 18:15:32 -0800

rats live on no evil star

By: Down10

Down10 — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 18:59:10 -0800

Egad! A bad note denotes a bad age. ...also from the TMBG song "I Palidrome I" But the next palidromic date would be Feb. 20, 2002, in Europe: 20/02/2002 ...and that's the last one, for a while. Tons o' snot!

By: ParisParamus

ParisParamus — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 19:18:30 -0800

EEEEEEEE

By: chiheisen

chiheisen — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 20:04:22 -0800

In Japanese, "tomato" is a palindrome. But that`s not nearly as entertaining as Moss`s palindrome.

By: clevershark

clevershark — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 21:03:12 -0800

The Grateful Dead had a palindromic album (which is incidentally one of my favorites) called "AoxomoxoA". Oddly enough the last time I listened to it I could have sworn that the album sounded the same backwards as forwards, but then it might have been "just me" :-)

By: juv3nal

juv3nal — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 21:54:07 -0800

Why what a uniquely peculiar name you have, Mr. Evahuoyemanrailucepyleuqinuatahwyhw!

By: juv3nal

juv3nal — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 21:57:33 -0800

doh! missed an 'm'

By: Nothing

Nothing — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 22:14:26 -0800

Oh, cameras are macho! Stop, spiders redip spots. Flee to vote elf.

By: marq

marq — Wed, 03 Oct 2001 04:53:46 -0800

Step on no pets. (Alternatively, stop on no pots ... )

By: talos

talos — Wed, 03 Oct 2001 06:13:27 -0800

Using abbreviated dates the twentieth of every month (except October and December) next year and the thirtieth in 2003(except Feb(duh!), Oct. and Dec.) will be a palindrome (i.e. 20/5/02, 30/11/03). If single digit months are written with two digits, then 30/02/2003 (international) would be palindromic as well- if only February had 30 days!!!

By: mirla

mirla — Wed, 03 Oct 2001 23:41:51 -0800

Keanu's favorite: Dood...!