Tuesday, May 14, 2013

PALINDROMIC SENTENCES

The trouble with palindromic sentences is that they are often very awkward. Fluent sentences like "Dennis and Edna sinned," or "Able was I ere I saw Elba," are the exceptions. More commonly, palindromic sentences are of the form, "Draw pupil's lip upward" - clever, but very contrived.

Each clue below contains the beginning of such a  palindromic sentence. Can you complete the palindrome? For example, given the clue STEP O .............., the answer would be STEP ON NO PETS.

1. SIR, I'M ..................................................
2. RISE TO V .............................................
3. WAS IT A CAR O .................................. ?
4. RED RUM, SI .........................................
5. DIANA DEIFIED ...................................
6. WAS IT A BAR ....................................... ?
7. PULL UP I ...............................................
8. NAME N ...................................................
9. NORMA IS AS SELFLESS AS
10. MARGE LETS NORAH S ..........................


Answers:

1. SIR, I'M IRIS
2. RISE TO VOTE, SIR
3. WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW ? 
4. RED RUM, SIR, IS MURDER
5. DIANA DEIFIED AN AID
6. WAS IT A BAR OR A BAT I SAW ?
7. PULL UP IF I PULL UP
8. NAME NO ONE MAN or NAME NOW ONE MAN 
9. NORMA IS AS SELFLESS AS I AM, RON
10.  MARGE LETS NORAH SEE SHARON'S TELEGRAM

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