Last week, my 11-year-old son and I were conjuring up palindromes when I remembered the 2001 "Osama Palindrome Contest" sponsored by Slate. So I thought with eight years lapsing, it might be fun to have another look at the 10 finalists from that contest.
Tenth runner-up, Michael Helsem:
No Osama soon.
Ninth runner-up, Mike Walby:
Part-caves doom Osama, so mood's 'Evac trap.'
Eighth runner-up, David Dubov:
Evil, evac a cave: live!
Seventh runner-up, Texas Monthly editor Evan Smith:
(What Clinton said to Gore):
Laden? I pined, Al.
Sixth runner-up, Michael Marchando:
Caves. Bombers. Osama S.O.S. Reb mobs evac.
Fifth runner-up, Brian Robison:
Ram! O, set a general glare, Taliban. A bilateral glare negates Omar.
Fourth runner-up, Adam Schmuckler:
Men rub at? Ta. Tora Bora Hora: Osama soar. Oh, a rob, a rot. Atta: Burn 'em.
Third runner-up, Tim Weiner (a reporter who's recently returned from Afghanistan):
Taps Barak: Sir! Goddamn mad! Osama! So damn mad! Dog! Risk Arab spat.
Second runner-up, Matt Franklin:
Dog it! Nastily dismal side to Osama sooted Islam's idyl. It's anti-God.
First runner-up, Brian Robison:
No, it is optimal, eh? War won. Bury alive Osama, so evil! Ay, rub, now raw: He lam it. (Position?)
...and the winner is--Matt Franklin:
Mad dash, saber, draw no Osama. So: onward re-bash Saddam!Osama Palindrome Contest: The Winners
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