Les Jones

Funny Ha-Ha > A Man, a Plan, a Canal, Palindrome!

A seasonal palindrome from one of Andrew Tobias's readers:

The Iranian cleric in charge of religious festivities when presented with the personal demands of the chosen entertainer and, further, upon the offering of inappropriate libations on this sacred occasion, declares:

YANNI GETS AT NO DAM HARP! RAHMADON! TASTE GIN? NAY!

Last year's palindrome was pithier:

My friend Steve Tomlin, entrepreneur and estimable venture capitalist, imagines a Christmas bell on our front door. (We have no bell; we have a wreath.) He further imagines our efforts to entice Leona Helmsley to come over for a holiday drink. (We don’t know Leona Helmsley; we’re OK with this.) Having thus imagined the set-up, Steve suggests we lure her to our door by messengering this note up to her suite: "A Noel gong gets a fast eggnog, Leona!"