PALINDROMES

Did you figure it out?. . . Radar, sis, racecar, and Bob are each spelled the same way backwards and forwards.

It becomes far more interesting when you have phrases and sentences which follow the same pattern and still make some kind of sense. Here are some examples. . .

dumb mud

so many dynamos

Was it a cat I saw?

Kayak salad - Alaska yak

Ma has a ham.

Rats live on no evil star.

Madam, in Eden, I'm Adam.

Lew, Otto has a hot towel!

Able was I ere I saw Elba. (What Napoleon could have said.)

Gateman sees name, garageman sees name tag.

Poor Dan is in a droop.

was it a car or a cat I saw?

Too hot to hoot!

Panda had nap

A Toyota! Race fast, safe car. A Toyota

Cigar? Toss it in a can. It is so tragic.

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

A man, a plan, a canal, Panama.

Straw -  No, too stupid a fad -  I put soot on warts!

Put it up

Ten animals I slam in a net

Boston, O do not sob

Here are my two silly favorites. . .

Sit on a potato pan, Otis.

Vanna, wanna V?

Here's a new silly favorite submitted by a visitor to this page.

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

For a very long list of palindromes visit Palindrome Parade

Last updated: January 12, 2001 MAIL

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