I loved this final line, which is perfection: "A press release from organizer Saltveit notes that the awards ceremony will be modeled after the Oscars, though any offensive musical numbers will be limited to singular “boob” references."
Palindromes hold a special place in the heart of my marriage, as my husband insisted early on that the famous Panama one included a plane ("A man, a plan, a plane, a canal...."). I got exasperated, yelling, "there's no plane!," a phrase that is now our #1 inside joke.
They should hold the awards in Tulsa, home of my favorite palindrome:
ReplyDeleteTulsa nightlife: filth, gin, a slut.
Kudos on the post, TPE.
ReplyDeleteI loved this final line, which is perfection: "A press release from organizer Saltveit notes that the awards ceremony will be modeled after the Oscars, though any offensive musical numbers will be limited to singular “boob” references."
Palindromes hold a special place in the heart of my marriage, as my husband insisted early on that the famous Panama one included a plane ("A man, a plan, a plane, a canal...."). I got exasperated, yelling, "there's no plane!," a phrase that is now our #1 inside joke.
The longest one I've memorized is this,which is both palindromic and vetrically symmetrical:
ReplyDeleteAIM A TOYOTA TATAMI MAT AT A TOYOTA, MIA.
I used to make that same mistake.
ReplyDeleteI love the "Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo."
ReplyDeleteA twitter from John Wesley harding: "I have decided to rechristen the word "palindrome". Henceforth it will be known as "wordrow". OK?"
ReplyDeleteLooks like you and I might have read the same issue of GAMES magazine a couple of decades ago.
ReplyDeleteMe too! That was the winner, but someone I knew in town had an honorable mention and I was boggled.
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