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		<title>By: Janel</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/884/comment-page-1#comment-772</link>
		<dc:creator>Janel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2006 20:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Probably all my favorite palindromes come from the song mentioned earlier or Jon Agee&#039;s book So Many Dyanamos.  My favorites:

emu fume
Snot or protons?
Tin sanitary rat in a snit

They don&#039;t seem so funny until you see the illustrations which totally crack me up.

Also I always have to think of my biochemistry class when I think of palindromes.  We were studying something about DNA and how a certain enzyme will cut it at a palindrome.  So for homework my professor had us all find one and bring it to class the next day.  He then read some of the funnier ones out loud.  Mine got one of the bigger laughs:
Nurse I spy gypsies! Run!
Good times, good times.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Probably all my favorite palindromes come from the song mentioned earlier or Jon Agee&#8217;s book So Many Dyanamos.  My favorites:</p>
<p>emu fume<br />
Snot or protons?<br />
Tin sanitary rat in a snit</p>
<p>They don&#8217;t seem so funny until you see the illustrations which totally crack me up.</p>
<p>Also I always have to think of my biochemistry class when I think of palindromes.  We were studying something about DNA and how a certain enzyme will cut it at a palindrome.  So for homework my professor had us all find one and bring it to class the next day.  He then read some of the funnier ones out loud.  Mine got one of the bigger laughs:<br />
Nurse I spy gypsies! Run!<br />
Good times, good times.</p>
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		<title>By: Emily</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/884/comment-page-1#comment-712</link>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2006 17:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Drew from toothpastefordinner.com brought to my attention this one:

won ton, not now

which is incredibly simple, but I think that&#039;s why it&#039;s my favorite.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Drew from toothpastefordinner.com brought to my attention this one:</p>
<p>won ton, not now</p>
<p>which is incredibly simple, but I think that&#8217;s why it&#8217;s my favorite.</p>
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		<title>By: Ishmael</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/884/comment-page-1#comment-702</link>
		<dc:creator>Ishmael</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Bob&quot; is indeed where I first heard the palindrome/anagram mentioned at &quot;Everyone&#039;s Jumping&quot;.  The complete lyrics are listed here:

http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Weird-Al-Yankovic/Bob.html

Incidentally, if anyone didn&#039;t get why I bothered to mention &quot;Jeremy&#039;s Iron&quot;, it comes from The Simpsons episode &quot;Lisa&#039;s Rival&quot;:

Taylor: Oh, don&#039;t be modest.  I&#039;m glad we have someone who can join us in our anagram game.
Alison: We take proper names and rearrange the letters to form a description of that person.
Taylor: Like, er...oh, I don&#039;t know, uh...Alec Guinness.
Alison: [thinks] Genuine class.
Taylor: Ho ho, very good.  All right, Lisa, um...Jeremy Irons.
Lisa: [looks with consternation] Jeremy&#039;s...iron.
Taylor: Mm hmm, well that&#039;s...very good...for a first try.  You know what?  I have a ball.  [pulls one from his pocket] Perhaps you&#039;d like to bounce it?

Text taken from http://www.snpp.com/episodes/1F17.html.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Bob&#8221; is indeed where I first heard the palindrome/anagram mentioned at &#8220;Everyone&#8217;s Jumping&#8221;.  The complete lyrics are listed here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Weird-Al-Yankovic/Bob.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Weird-Al-Yankovic/Bob.html</a></p>
<p>Incidentally, if anyone didn&#8217;t get why I bothered to mention &#8220;Jeremy&#8217;s Iron&#8221;, it comes from The Simpsons episode &#8220;Lisa&#8217;s Rival&#8221;:</p>
<p>Taylor: Oh, don&#8217;t be modest.  I&#8217;m glad we have someone who can join us in our anagram game.<br />
Alison: We take proper names and rearrange the letters to form a description of that person.<br />
Taylor: Like, er&#8230;oh, I don&#8217;t know, uh&#8230;Alec Guinness.<br />
Alison: [thinks] Genuine class.<br />
Taylor: Ho ho, very good.  All right, Lisa, um&#8230;Jeremy Irons.<br />
Lisa: [looks with consternation] Jeremy&#8217;s&#8230;iron.<br />
Taylor: Mm hmm, well that&#8217;s&#8230;very good&#8230;for a first try.  You know what?  I have a ball.  [pulls one from his pocket] Perhaps you&#8217;d like to bounce it?</p>
<p>Text taken from <a href="http://www.snpp.com/episodes/1F17.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.snpp.com/episodes/1F17.html</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: Milbarge</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/884/comment-page-1#comment-698</link>
		<dc:creator>Milbarge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2006 03:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Plenty of palindromes in the They Might Be Giants song &quot;I Palindrome I.&quot;  See http://www.tmbg.org/band-info/songs/lyrics/IPalindromeI.html
and
http://www.tmbg.org/band-info/songs/interp/IPalindromeI.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Plenty of palindromes in the They Might Be Giants song &#8220;I Palindrome I.&#8221;  See <a href="http://www.tmbg.org/band-info/songs/lyrics/IPalindromeI.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.tmbg.org/band-info/songs/lyrics/IPalindromeI.html</a><br />
and<br />
<a href="http://www.tmbg.org/band-info/songs/interp/IPalindromeI.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.tmbg.org/band-info/songs/interp/IPalindromeI.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Sammy</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/884/comment-page-1#comment-688</link>
		<dc:creator>Sammy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2006 22:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I personally like this one:

twelve plus one = eleven plus two

For anagrams, plus a banner that appears with a new animated anagram everyday, I turn to wordsmith:

http://wordsmith.org/anagram/topical.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I personally like this one:</p>
<p>twelve plus one = eleven plus two</p>
<p>For anagrams, plus a banner that appears with a new animated anagram everyday, I turn to wordsmith:</p>
<p><a href="http://wordsmith.org/anagram/topical.html" rel="nofollow">http://wordsmith.org/anagram/topical.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Lucres</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lucres</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Swap God for a janitor, rot in a jar of dog paws.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Swap God for a janitor, rot in a jar of dog paws.</p>
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