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Old 07-24-2009, 10:59 PM
 
Location: Jacksonville,Florida
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I love palindromes in cases such as names or phrases.list a couple of palindromes that you know.
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Old 07-25-2009, 09:14 AM
 
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Attributed to Napoleon:

"Able was I ere I saw Elba."
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Old 07-25-2009, 09:40 AM
 
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The psychological condition known as aibophobia - a strong, irrational fear of palindromes.
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Old 07-25-2009, 01:01 PM
 
Location: Ogden, Utah
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The earliest example that I heard is:

A man, a plan, a canal, Panama.
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Old 07-25-2009, 03:19 PM
 
Location: Brooklyn
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It cheats on two counts (an ampersand, and an archaic spelling) but...

Lewd did I live & evil did I dwel
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Old 07-26-2009, 08:08 AM
 
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The psychological condition known as aibophobia - a strong, irrational fear of palindromes.
The joke suffers when you can't spell.

aibohphobia!
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Old 07-27-2009, 09:50 AM
 
Location: New Orleans, LA
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I don't know who came up with this one or even what it means, but it always makes me giggle:

Go hang a salami; i'm a lasagna hog.
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Old 07-27-2009, 09:53 AM
 
Location: NH and lovin' it!
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At first glance I thought this was another Sarah Palin thread.
Kind of makes sense somehow!
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Old 07-30-2009, 11:29 AM
 
Location: Not where you ever lived
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At first glance I thought this was another Sarah Palin thread.
Kind of makes sense somehow!
Funny.
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Old 07-30-2009, 12:35 PM
 
Location: Jacksonville,Florida
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The name "Otto"
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