| John the OFM | 17 Feb 2011 9:13 a.m. PST |
Look it up…  To mollify the "What does this have to do with wargaming?" crowd, I offer the following Napoleonic palindrome:
"Able was I ere I saw Elba." For those who like to role-play life in Belgian monastery breweries, I offer:
"Stop! Murder us not, tonsured rumpots!" Of course, this is NOT limited to miniature wargaming palindromes, because I sense there are few. Bonus of 40,000 quatloos though, if you can come up with any that are wargames related. |
 x42brown  | 17 Feb 2011 9:19 a.m. PST |
I'm going to have to watch this to see if I can actually see any of them. Dyslexia means seeing a palindrome to be next to impossible but it's good exercise trying to spot them. x42 |
| Jay Arnold | 17 Feb 2011 9:26 a.m. PST |
"A man, a plan, a canal. Panama." |
| John the OFM | 17 Feb 2011 9:30 a.m. PST |
That would work for Teddy Roosevelt, Jay. Give that man 40,000 quatloos. |
| brevior est vita | 17 Feb 2011 9:43 a.m. PST |
For ancients gamers: "Yawn a more Roman way." For wargamers who do not enjoy the favor of the dice gods: "Never odd or even." And my favorite palindrome, attributed to author J.A. Lindon: "Lager, sir, is regal." |
| streetline | 17 Feb 2011 9:43 a.m. PST |
Do Geese See God? Check out Weird Al's Bob if you like that sort of thing… |
| streetline | 17 Feb 2011 9:45 a.m. PST |
I suppose "do nine men interpret? Nine men, I nod" would work for anyting Phil Barker wrote. |
| John the OFM | 17 Feb 2011 10:10 a.m. PST |
Quatloos all over the place! |
| dmclellan | 17 Feb 2011 10:15 a.m. PST |
So what's the exchange rate for quatloos these days?
Oh, and a palindrome. Madam I'm Adam. |
| Who asked this joker | 17 Feb 2011 10:16 a.m. PST |
"A Toyota" Can I have some for the shortest? |
| dmclellan | 17 Feb 2011 10:16 a.m. PST |
I leave the proof of this one to the reader. A man, a plan, a canoe, pasta, heros, rajahs, a coloratura, maps, snipe, percale, macaroni, a gag, a banana bag, a tan, a tag, a banana bag again (or a camel), a crepe, pins, Spam, a rut, a Rolo, cash, a jar, sore hats, a peon, a canal – Panama!
There is also a 549 word version. Find it online if you are interested. |
| dmclellan | 17 Feb 2011 10:18 a.m. PST |
And it looks like Streetline has found the rules set to use with palindromes. |
| Who asked this joker | 17 Feb 2011 10:18 a.m. PST |
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| streetline | 17 Feb 2011 10:20 a.m. PST |
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| Pictors Studio | 17 Feb 2011 10:22 a.m. PST |
Are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era? |
| dmclellan | 17 Feb 2011 10:23 a.m. PST |
Can I have some for the shortest? I did, did I? Acarhj, do you want to go as short as one word? If so, I submit the following racecar deed
And let's lengthen this one to
Madam in Eden I'm Adam
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| Pizzagrenadier | 17 Feb 2011 10:41 a.m. PST |
I had no idea I liked Palindromes so much… |
| brevior est vita | 17 Feb 2011 10:56 a.m. PST |
Can I have some for the shortest? It doesn't get any shorter than… a And one more, in honor of some recent TMP discussions… boob 
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| Michael B | 17 Feb 2011 11:00 a.m. PST |
Do Geese See God? Do dogs see gods…and if they do what form do they take shape? |
| John D Salt | 17 Feb 2011 11:11 a.m. PST |
I regret that I cannot participate in this discussion, as I suffer from aibohphobia (the fear of palindromes). All the best, John. |
| StCrispin | 17 Feb 2011 11:28 a.m. PST |
Super smart and hilarious comedian, Dimitri Martin, wrote a 224 word palindrome. link he does a lot of word play and such. funny guy. |
| 50 Dylan CDs and an Icepick | 17 Feb 2011 11:37 a.m. PST |
Wow, Mom, Wow! In my college days there was a weird hippie dude who had a deli & convenience store in the old grungy neighborhood where I lived near the campus. He would blissfully sell wine to underage kids, but never beer, because that encouraged bad behavior…. Anyway, he was famous for his bizarre, stoned criteria for coming and going from the store, and one week he had a Palindrome week, where you couldn't leave unless you offered a palindrome. He would stand in the door. I remember buying wine and shouting, "Strap on no parts!" Epilogue: that neighborhood is now über-trendy rowhouses selling for half a million bucks, and Price's market is now a chic art gallery. Sigh. |
| Korvessa | 17 Feb 2011 11:57 a.m. PST |
Saipuakaupias Supposedly the longest one word palinrome in any language.
It is Finnish for "soapsalesman" |
| Tom Molon | 17 Feb 2011 12:22 p.m. PST |
Go hang a salami. I'm a lasagna hog. |
| WeeSparky | 17 Feb 2011 12:24 p.m. PST |
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| adub74 | 17 Feb 2011 1:14 p.m. PST |
A shout out to the computer nerds on TMP… 73 |
| Who asked this joker | 17 Feb 2011 1:14 p.m. PST |
It doesn't get any shorter than…a True but you might argue this is shorter by stature… i |
| brevior est vita | 17 Feb 2011 1:20 p.m. PST |
True but you might argue this is shorter by stature…i Narrower perhaps, but actually a bit taller… a i |
| Who asked this joker | 17 Feb 2011 1:52 p.m. PST |
Narrower perhaps, but actually a bit taller… a i wink Ha! Touche! |
| evilgong | 17 Feb 2011 1:53 p.m. PST |
elf fart raffle regards DAvid B |
| nebeltex | 17 Feb 2011 2:10 p.m. PST |
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| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 17 Feb 2011 11:05 p.m. PST |
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| Jemima Fawr | 17 Feb 2011 11:15 p.m. PST |
Aibohphobia – The irrational fear of palindromes. |
| red dreads | 18 Feb 2011 7:06 a.m. PST |
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| kreoseus2 | 18 Feb 2011 2:29 p.m. PST |
I live up the road from a town called Navan, one of the few palindromic place names I know of. |
| GoGators | 20 Feb 2011 7:34 p.m. PST |
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thanks everyone who helped after her family's recent fire.
