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Pony Carts, Wonton Tubs, and Moody Babies
What do the following sentences have in common?
Tracy, no panic in a pony cart!
But not now a wonton tub!
Marge let a moody baby doom a telegram.
Tracy, no panic in a pony cart!
But not now a wonton tub!
Marge let a moody baby doom a telegram.
Hint
Sides reversed is...Answer
They are all palindromic sentences, sentences that read the same backwards as they do forwards! If you read the hint, then you might have also figured out that the hint was a palindrome, too.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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Bit too easy but still fun.
I love palindromes!
Agree with both the above.
Good one!
I loved this one! Very clever. Thanks for posting!
Sedis
The only thing I noticed that they had in common was that none of them made any sense.
@Babe I agree....then I looked to see if......yup palindrome!
Solved without hint. Fun one.
I saw it pretty quickly, I've never tried to come up with a sentence like that, seems hard.
simple
simple
I figured them out quickly because of the nonsensical style. BUT it can't be easy to come up with the original sentence! Clever! Thanks for posting.
I was really stumped. Even the hint didn't help me.
Listing palindromes without mentioning that they're palindromes? Seems like a stretch to call that a brain teaser.
I agree with gaylewolfe, exactly what I was thinking.
So fun
Madam I'm Adam.
Madam I'm Adam.
Easy teasy. The first two are pretty awkward, but I'm adding the third into my go-to palindrome list. I have never made one of these up myself, but my favorite is: Go hang a salami; I'm a lasagna hog.
Ten animals slam in a net
I didn't realize the hint was a palindrome, nice one
I didn't realize the hint was a palindrome, nice one
Fun and entertaining teaser. Very cleverly written even though the sentences made no sense. I got this one very quickly.
Junior level, at best?
Never odd or even!
Never odd or even!
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