Now, getting back to the spirit of this thread;

Here is a little known fact that should finally settle the arguement....

According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg.

Just to put my twopenneth in (showing I am English not an American) and the cat amongst the pigeons, Americans speak American English, not Queen's English. They are different "dialects" for lack of a better word, like Scouse and Geordie. (That'll fool the Yanks) (just a joke)

I speak a language loosely based on the "English" English. It's called Canadian, eh!

'In comparing British, American and Canadian writing, in 1972, Margaret Atwood noted the unifying themes at the heart of each national literature. The motif in England is seen as "the island" - after all, an Englishman's home is his castle. The dominant American symbol is "the Frontier," which "suggests a place that is new where the old order can be discarded." In Canada, the central symbol in both English- and French-Canadian literature is "Survival, la Survivance." The main idea is "hanging on"'

- Howard Richler

So the chicken did come first. I really thought so. How could the ege come before the chicken if the chicken had to lay the egg???

What we define as "Chicken" had to exist before it laid the egg. So that the egg could represent the chicken

so it was written.

I'm going camping by the way!!! I still have to go buy marshmellos. I will buy them the day of so I won't smash them.

Smashed marshmallows are more difficult to skewer with a stick.

It sounds like your camping diet is similar to mine. Marshmallows, coffee and canned beans.

General and Special Relativity theories =

As far as English goes,...I prefer to speak Texan.
Aight ya'll?

If there were such a thing as a 'race car', it wouldn't be a palindrome anyway. A 'racecar', on the other hand, would be.

My little fact for the day:

When a human is decapitated, they can remain aware of their surroundings for upto 30 seconds. The average timespan until actual death is around 13 seconds, which is the time it takes for the brain to run out of oxygen.

In a palindrome the spaces and letter groups do not matter. Only the letters themselves matter. The space between 'race' and 'car' means nothing in a palindrome. The letters are still r-a-c-e-c-a-r, no matter how you look at it. And in reverse, they are still r-a-c-e-c-a-r.

Now, if you are talking about a "Perfect Palindrome", well then, yes.

I was talking about a general palindrome.

A famous palindrome that is often used as an example when defining a palindrome is "Madam, I'm Adam". It is a palindrome, just not a "Perfect" palindrome such as the word "radar".

Another little fact:

The source of the expression "cock and bull story".

Meaning:

A fanciful and unbelievable tale.

Origin:

The phrase may have originated at Stony Stratford in Buckinghamshire, England. The village has two pubs, the Cock and the Bull. Coaches between London to Birmingham changed horses at one pub or the other. The banter of the rival groups of travellers, from England's two largest cities, resulted in exaggerated and fanciful stories

Webster's example is "name no one man".

/me impressed by koasati's hammer goes to see if she can find something....

Sigh..... it slipped away

Wise old man.... you changed your name?????
WOM??

Is that a palindrome? W-O-M......M-O-W
well it looks like one


WOW!

Wow is a sentence and a palindrome.

WOM is a dyslexic palindrome.

i knew a guy who played a palindrome in d&d..

Aibohphobia: The fear of palindromes.

In the #Stardock IRC channel you can find the LickServ bot. Amongst other things it has a database of 10,000 useless facts. A sample:

In South Africa, termites are roasted and eaten by the handful, like pretzels or popcorn.

Actually, Matthijs....that's quite useful information....for termites.....like if you're a termite then South Africa is not a clever holiday destination...

Or if you're a movie fan, then South Africa theaters are better to avoid.