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[Opinions] Re: Palindromes?
Ha ha, when I was a kid I liked a book called "Hannah Is a Palindrome" by Mindy Warshaw Skolsky. In one chapter of the book, Hannah's teacher writes "Hannah Is a Palindrome" on the blackboard and then leaves the room for a few minutes, leaving Hannah as class monitor for the first time. The kids, and Hannah too, have no idea what a palindrome is and they start cutting up and hollering and laughing and she can't get control of them. The class loudmouth is a kid named Otto, and when Hannah looks up palindrome in the dictionary, she writes "Otto is a Palindrome" on the board, and slams a book down hard on the desk to get their attention. And then they see what she's written.Anyway:Bob is a palindrome.Ada is a palindromeLil is a palindrome.Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
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Thanks so much!! Also, I forgot about Asa!
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also Eve ...And Idi, like Idi Amin, but I don't know how usable that is, or even if it was his actual given name and not a title or nn.
And Nan.
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