I did, did I? A post on palindromes!

In the rest of the world the date is written in the day-month-year or year-month-day sequence. Here in the US (for some peculiar reason that no one can explain but may have something to do with the document above) we write the date beginning with the month, then the day and finally the year. It doesn't make sense but unless you're doing business in other countries or traveling abroad, I guess it really doesn't matter. What it does provide is some entertainment every once in awhile like the extra special, five-digit Pi Day that occurred on 3-14-15. There's Star Wars Day on May the Fourth (... be with you) and the ever popular, 4-20. After the turn of the century, there were all those years when the date fell in sequential numbers. It was mostly noticeable back then because we used checks to pay the bills. So it was great to see that this August, from 8-10-18 to 8-19-18 there were ten whole days (ignoring the first two digits of the year, it's not a perfect art) of numerical palindromes! Now, numbers are all well and good but words that read the same backwards and forwards - not to mention whole phrases, are even better! Consequently, and in the spirit of utter nonsense, here are a few non-numerical ones, highlighted in red, that I gleaned off the internet.

I prefer pi.
Palindromes have been around since the times of the ancient Greeks and have no useful purpose beyond amusement. Although, the most famous ones, A man, a plan, a canal, Panama; A Toyota's a Toyota and Amore Roma could easily work as advertising slogans. 

No lemons, no melon.

Ok, I goofed, there's a watermelon in the photo but no lemons, ha! It was kind of a surprise to realize just how many common words, like mom, dad, sis, madam, level, rotator, sagas, noon, radar, solos, racecar and kayak, to name a few, can be read the same way backwards and forwards.    

Slap a ham on Omaha, pals!

Oh, and while you're at it, salt an atlas. Did I mention that most of these palindromes don't make a lot of sense? I couldn't even think of how to illustrate go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog!

Senile Felines.

Was it a cat I saw? Was it a rat I saw? Was it a bat I saw? Was it Elliot's toilet I saw?  

Poor kitties, they refused to cooperate for a stack cats photo so they ended up being labeled senile.

 Could this be how Dr. Seuss got started writing his books? 

Murder for a jar of red rum?

Red rum sir, is murder!

Stop! Murder us not, tonsured rumpots!

This creep stuffing his face is the despicable governor of my state. He has taken away health care from thousands and destroyed a world renowned university system. His many transgressions against women's health and the environment are too numerous to list and his unconstitutional voter ID policy put a moron in the White House. Like Trump, he needs to be voted out of office.

Rise to vote, sir!

Burt wants you to be sure to vote in November.

Too hot to hoot.

However, it's never too hot to squawk.

Looks like Mr. Owl ate my metal worm.

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No sir, away! A papaya war is on!

For over a century, "Able was I, ere I saw Elba." was attributed to Napoleon. It was supposedly a response to a question about whether or not he could have invaded England. According to the Quote Investigator it was actually created in 1848 by a man from Baltimore who liked playing with words and is known only by his initials. It seems obvious now that Napoleon couldn't have said it, considering he spoke French and the quote didn't appear in print until decades after his death. 

Finally, there is the one that not only reads the same way backwards and forwards but upside down!

NOW, NO SWIMS ON MON.

Jeremy will probably be playing in his pool on monday anyway, signs mean nothing to him.

  Do you have a favorite palindrome?

Thanks for stopping by and stay cool . . . like Jeremy!