Consider:- Oh no! Don Ho! and Senile felines These aren't palindromes at all. This perhaps explains why Mike and perhaps others did not see it as a palindromic song since they saw clearly two falsifications. I loved the song initially. Now? What a bloody cheat. Donal --- On Wed, 23/4/08, Paul Stone <pastone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Paul Stone <pastone@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Bolcom and Morris - a short digression > To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Wednesday, 23 April, 2008, 3:23 PM > Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Donal McEvoy > <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I understand your business and importance, but one of > the palindromes (with the rat) is fairly well known, and > others have the obvious shape and structure of a simple > palindrome. The truth may be you simply weren't > palindromically alert when you watched. But as said, I > think the use of the palindrome is a clever satiric device > in this case. Have another look when you are less busy. > > > Here are the lyrics for Al's "Bob" > Quite a number of these phrases and, especially the words > are famously > palindromic. He made some good ones up, but I'm sure he > probably did > it with a computer. I agree the Lisa Bonet one is very > funny. > > "Bob" > > I, man, am regal - a German am I > Never odd or even > If I had a hi-fi > Madam, I'm Adam > Too hot to hoot > No lemons, no melon > Too bad I hid a boot > Lisa Bonet ate no basil > Warsaw was raw > Was it a car or a cat I saw? > > Rise to vote, sir > Do geese see god? > "Do nine men interpret?" "Nine men," I > nod > Rats live on no evil star > Won't lovers revolt now? > Race fast, safe car > Pa's a sap > Ma is as selfless as I am > May a moody baby doom a yam? > > Ah, Satan sees Natasha > No devil lived on > Lonely Tylenol > Not a banana baton > No "x" in "Nixon" > O, stone, be not so > O Geronimo, no minor ego > "Naomi," I moan > "A Toyota's a Toyota" > A dog, a panic in a pagoda > > Oh no! Don Ho! > Nurse, I spy gypsies - run! > Senile felines > Now I see bees I won > UFO tofu > We panic in a pew > Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo > God! A red nugget! A fat egg under a dog! > Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, > vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html