Ooops.... Meant to send to the entire chat, sent to Hazel only,
instead...
On May 22, 2007, at 11:09, Hazel Smith wrote:
I got it (Honestly, I did!) Just phrased it differently - I talk to
myself often so actually said out loud "If you remove the first letter
they are all palindromic".
You and 5 others reported that they got it. Several people reported
getting half-way there, by eliminating things which *didn't* work. I
was among that second group; I even got as far as eliminating
palindromes (though, not being able to remember the term, I thought of
them as "back-and-forth words"), but it never occured to me to
elimiinate the first letter and *then* re-examine the words... I'd like
to share the most amusing response from another (much more persistent)
student of the puzzle (thanks, G, for making my day; #16 was especially
appreciated <g>):
Well, Tamara, without wanting to be a smart ass, and before I look at
your answer, here are some things I see that they have in common. No
doubt, none of these is the intended.
Banana
Dresser
Grammar
Potato
Revive
Uneven
Assess
1. All begin with a capital letter.
2. All are standard American English.
3. All are in 12 pt. Arial.
4. None are palindromes.
5. All are spelled correctly.
6. Each word has the same second and last letter.
7. As a result of the above, reading down, the second and last
letters of each spell the same nonsense word "a-r-r-o-e-n-s".
8. The third and penultimate letter of each word does the same thing,
each reading "n-e-a-t-v-e-s".
9. The fourth letter from the start and the third letter from the
last also repeat this feat, reading "a-s-m-a-i-v-e". For the six
letter words (banana, potato, revive, and assess) these two letters
are the same.
10. This can be continued to the fifth and sixth letters back and the
fourth and fifth forward. Only the first letters aren't matched in
this way.
11. None spells any meaningful English word backwards.
12. These are all on a list being circulated under the subject of
"Mind teaser".
13. All can be used in the same sentence: "If you slip on a banana
peel and hit your head on the dresser, you will be unable to speak
proper grammar for some time, although one potato can revive you
enough to see uneven terrain and assess the best path."
14. Each uses a letter (or letters) more than once. Banana, three
"a"s and two "n"s; dresser, two "r"s, two "e"s, and two "s"s; grammar,
two "r'"s, two "a"s, and two "m"s; potato, two "o"s and two "t"s;
revive, two "e"s and two "v"s; uneven, two "e"s and two "n"s, and
assess, four "s"s.
15. None use the letters c, f, h, j, k, l, q, w, x, y, or z.
16. While only one is well documented, Dan Quayle actually can't spell
any of them correctly.
I have an aversion for thinking inside someone else's box. Now I'll
see what was in that box.
G
Ah so... Not a bad one either.
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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