Palindromes (words, phrases, sentences, etc., that read the same forward and backward).

Kayak.
Racecar.
Wontons? Not now!
A man, a plan, a canal, Panama.
A man, a pain, a mania - Panama!

Others?

Norma, I am Ron!

Yo, banana boy!

Was it a car or a cat I saw?

"Able was I ere I saw Elba"

- Napolean

Live not on evil

Ekalaka Lake

Do geese see God?

Tarzan raised Desi Arnaz' rat.

>> Ekalaka Lake

I like that

The only Montana-related palindrome I was aware before seeing that was the town NOXON.

--Hal

There is even more about the Ekalaka Lake palindrome at

http://www.gohdnu.org/ekalaka.html

There is even more about the Ekalaka Lake palindrome at

http://www.gohdnu.org/ekalaka.html

There is even more about the Ekalaka Lake palindrome at
http://www.gohdnu.org/ekalaka.html

Thanks for passing that along - that was interesting.
--Hal

Are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era?

Ekalaka doesn't have a lake... I grew up there, and the closest thing we had was McNabs Pond, and that's pitiful. Cool palindrome though.

BOB

Santa Palindromes

A Santa at NASA
A Santa deified at NASA
A Santa dog lived as a devil god at NASA
A Santa lived as a devil at NASA
A Santa lives evil at NASA
A Santa pets rats, as Pat taps a star step at NASA
A Santa snaps pans at NASA
A Santa snips pins at NASA
A Santa spat taps at NASA
A Santa spit taboo bat tips at NASA
A Santa spits tips at NASA
A Santa spots tops at NASA
A Santa stops pots at NASA
A Santa taps Pat at NASA
A Santa's rats top Nat, as Satan pots tars at NASA

...wow

Just how many Bonines are there ?

that depends on how many you need.

The Evolution Of A Palindrome:


In the beginning, it's nice and simple, 7 words.

A man, a plan, a canal - Panama!
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Then it begins to grow:

A man, a plan, a cat, a canal - Panama!
- - - - - - - - - -


And grow. . . .

A man, a plan, a cam, a yak, a yam, a canal - Panama!
- - - - - - - - - -


And grow & grow. . .

A man, a plan, a cat, a ham, a yak, a yam, a hat, a canal - Panama!
- - - - - - - - - -

And grow & grow & grow. . .

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!
- - - - - - - - - -

Until it something like this comes along - 540+ words.

Created by Dan Hoey, using a Unix program he wrote back in 1984.
http://www2.vo.lu/homepag...panama.htm

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!

yep. i guess that killed it.

2002 was the last palindrome year we will see in our lifetime.