HOLIDAY POSTING 2019: TURKEY LEFTOVERS

Season Greetings to All from your friends here at NONSENSE CENTRAL..

Giorgio Coniglio (registered pseudonym) and DrGH want to send you and yours all the best for a Happy Chanukah, a Merry Christmas, a prosperous New Year, and freedom from irritating robo-calls (you can pick up to 3 of these choices).

To help you enjoy all the time for socializing and contemplation at this time of year, there is nothing like structured NONSENSE.

And we are delighted to send you some samples and links to the expanding world of nonsense without any obligation on your part. You may have already seen some of this material, but most of it is newly formatted, and may be worth your giving it a second look. (If not, it can be easily sent to TRASH.)

A: SONG-LYRICS NONSENSE

 "TURKEY LEFTOVERS"

Song-lyrics from the 2015 holiday season revisited, based on an article in the journal The Economist entitled "TURKEY'S FLIGHT". 

SUBSTITUTE LYRICS are subbed into TWO original songs, making this a a pair-ody.

ORIGINAL SONG#1: "The Christmas Song" (Chestnuts...), written by Wells and Tormé  in 1944, and recorded by the Nat King Cole Trio 1946.

ORIGINAL SONG#2: "Good King Wenceslas", John Mason Neale 1853, but often now mistakenly referred to as 'traditional'. Neale's piece, (based on accounts of the Bohemian Wenceslas legend, and a 13th century 'spring-carol tune) was highly criticized in the 1920s as "ponderous moral doggerel".

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio (registered pseudonym) and Dr. GH, January, 2015; updated in 2017.   
SONGLINK: Click here to see the song-lyrics with chord charts formatted for performers on ukulele and guitar (other string instruments can probably benefit as well.)

 For another song-lyrics parody on  "The Christmas Song"  see our earlier posting "The Cynic's Song" here.
But, BE WARNED: The song-lyrics site is now a private blog, so to be allowed access, you will have to leave me a comment here indicating your email address, so I can set up your entrance documentration.

TURKEY LEFTOVERS

part #1(to the tune of The Christmas Song - "Chestnuts Roasting")

Essay featured in Economist,
Turkeys' origins disclosed -
Centerpiece of each year's Yuletide feast,
Subspecies bred in Mexico.

Dolts like me believed that gobblers and that Mid-East land -
Names were mere coincidence.
Ottomans, trading ships, caravans -
I understand, it now makes sense.

You can enjoy the rest of the song by clicking to this link which will lead you to our fascinating blog... (The link is guaranteed to be free of viruses, malware and antibiotic-resistant organisms.)

http://www.edifyingnonsense.com/2019/12/seasonal-reposting-turkey-leftovers.html

or if you prefer to trash this communication, I suspect you know the routine.

B: POETIC NONSENSE REVERSING VERSE: Illustrated Limericks About CLASSIC PALINDROMES WORDPLAY post #196 SATIRE COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio (registered pseudonym) and Dr. GH, 2018-2019. Today's verses have also been published or remain under review at OEDILF.com (Omnificent EnglishDictionary in Limerick Form), an online humour dictionary that has accumulated over 100,000 laboriously edited limericks, including over 300 that we have submitted there. The OEDILFian code number for the verse and its status, 'T' = 'transitional', is indicated below each of our slides.  Palindromes have been featured on our blogsite EDIFYING NONSENSE since its inception. The concept of 'goofy' variants on classical palindromes was honored as the topic of three blog-postings that you can link to here.  A to H post#20 ; I to O post#29 ; P to Z post #40. Indeed, the goofy variants are often the key to teasing rhymes from this otherwise inflexible form of wordplay. Incidentally, artwork, including photos, as well as poetry, are the creation of this website's author-editors unless otherwise indicated.  The original 'inventors' of the classic palindromes have generally not been reported, and are best regarded as having been lost in the sands of time. SONGLINK: For those readers who like poetry set to music: You can find lots of singable limerick medleys on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE".                                                                                  CONTENTS Please note that beyond this point in the presentation, there will be an exclusive correlation between green italicized font and palindromes (phrases or sentences whose letters are ordered identically when they are read backwards as well as forwards) 1. A man, a panama 2. Drawn onward 3. Dennis sinned 4. Gnu dung 5. Yreka bakery 6. Lonely Tylenol 7. UFO tofu 8. Too hot to hoot 9. Never odd or even  10. Sex at noon taxes 11. No 'X' in Nixon 12. A Santa at NASA 13. T. Eliot's toilet 14. Madam, I'm Adam 15. Sex of foxes 16. Able ere Elba 17. A Toyota's a Toyota 18. No lemon; no melon (Fruitless) 19. Mr Owl ate my metal worm 20. Emil's lime 21. Ida's denial 22. Selfless 23. See-saw 24. Canals   "A man, a plan, a canal -- Panama" is one of the best known palindromes in the English language. Read about the deliberations leading to the discovery of this iconic phrase in either poetry or song-lyrics.  You can enjoy the rest of these short poems by clicking on this link which will lead you to... http://www.edifyingnonsense.com/2019/11/reversing-verse-limericks-about-classic.html

INTRODUCTORY CONCLUSION: The TOURISTS' PALINDROMIC GUIDES

WORDPLAY POST #197

The current offering represents a followup to a slew of recent map-art blogposts by Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio (registered pseudonym) and Dr. GH. 
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Old World #1
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Old World #2
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Old World #3
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Old World #4
and...
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Americas #1
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Americas #2
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Americas #3
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Americas #4

"A man, a plan, a canal - Panama"
Readers who are particularly interested in wordplay might also enjoy a fantastical discussion, set to music, on the development of this famous palindrome by Leigh Mercer, in post #185 of our lyrics blog (SILLY SONGS and SATIRE)  ...
"Leigh Mercer's Palindrome Workshop" 

rêve: French for dream.

Tulsa, Oklahoma: a stop on U.S. 'Route 66', as mentioned in the eponymic jazz ballad. Click on Route 66 .

Amana: a religious community, the Pietists, founded this settlement in the state of Iowa in 1856. Click on Amana Colonies.

panama (Ecuadorian hat): a traditional brimmed straw hat of Ecuadorian origin, becoming popular worldwide at the beginning of the 20th century. Click on panama.

Act: The British North America Act paved the way for the  Confederation of Canada in 1867. Click on BNA Act.

And, if you still need a fix of more palindromic fun, go on to "Magical Canal Verses and Palindromes".

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TOURISTS' PALINDROMIC GUIDE: The OLD WORLD #4

WORDPLAY POST #192

This post represents a follow-up to these posts...
- Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Old World #1
- Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Old World #2
- Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Old World #3

SATIRE COMPOSED: Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio (registered pseudonym), 2019. 
WORDPLAY LINK: Geographically focused concoctions are among the many palindromic treasures honored and displayed on this site. Check out the list of entries for "The Palindrome Suite" in the slide at the bottom of blogpost #179. 
SONGLINK: For those readers who like poetry set to music: You can find lots of singable limerick-medleys, as well as other types of song on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE", such as this recent post. In addition, some readers will be delighted (others will continue to groan) at our collection of songs based on palindromic phrases -- check out the links shown on earlier blogposts.

Suomi' is the natives' name for 'Finland'

(You can change directions, and check out the series of helpful palindromes from the Americas, HERE!)

Do you still crave more palindromic fun? Click HERE for 'concluding remarks' about New-World and Old-World palindrome. 

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Gratingly American: THIRTY-ODD POLITICALLY TAINTED PALINDROMES, etc.

WORDPLAY POST #191
  

   Here are some palindromes, mostly concocted recently. Some of these palindromic phrases had first been displayed in one of our blogposts in 2017. Note that the author believes that wordplay derivations such as palindromes and anagrams are not 'invented', but merely 'reported' by canny observers, and some of today's offerings have been copied from others' reports as well as from the blog-author's earlier work. 

  Personal political views are also reflected in verse form at the bottom of the palindrome list. (Originally, we were going to devote this post strictly to palindromic utterances, but couldn't resist the temptation to add some poetry.) 

    A lot of mental energy has focused backwards and forwards on palindromes, so check out...
1) The latest in the series of map-art collections on this blog ...
INTRODUCTORY CONCLUSION: The Tourists' Palindromic Guides,
and
2) MAGICAL PALINDROMES: The specifics of the development of magical palindromes and an initial listing of examples can be found on this blogpost dating from February 2017.
You might also enjoy ...

3) The 'FUN with IMPEACHMENT' Collection: This posting reviews some politically-oriented wordplay dealing with anagrams, rather than palindromes, but the underlying message is the same. 
SONGLINK: If you prefer to SING about the Machiavellian machinations of our times, as well as many other topics, you can view some intriguing material on our song-lyrics blog 'SILLY SONGS and SATIRE'. 


POLITICALLY-TAINTED PALINDROMES

1. Sad nut or red nut under rotundas.

2. Debut tubed. 

3. No, worse! Panders to idiots, rednapes. Row on!  

4. Hair, a plan, if final - pariah!

5. 'Nit up' -- sides reversed is -- 'Putin'. 

6. Must sell at tallest sum.

7. Re 'hypocrisy': as I say sir, copy her. 

8. Denial slain, Ed.

9. Nip in if I pull up. Pull up if I nip in.

10. Deep state: état speed.  [Fr. = state]

11. Embargos so grab me.

12.a) O gal, a ram, part flog! Golf-trap - Mar-a-lago.
     b) Golf, par, sin-net, pant. Nap, tennis, rap, flog.

13. 'Nit-up' pun? Up, Putin!

14. No! It is opposition.

15. A "I" on a rap - paranoia.

16. One racist, " If 'stir grits' fits, I care? No."

17. Pure talk. KKK later up.

18. S,W,E,N (x?) of Fox News.

19. Snug guns if I snug guns.

20. Star? Come, Don. No Democrats.

21. In word-salad, alas, drown I.

22. Bar an Arab.

23. "No!", in uneven union.

24. Pure, boss is. Sober up! 

25. Re "We freer" - Fewer.

26. All a wall - awe! Walla Walla.

27. A man, a plan - racy, carnal (Panama).

28. Rail? Erupting, I sign it 'Pure Liar'.  

29. Aid, nix - India. 

30. Red, rob, a wall, law - a Border. 

31.a) A man, a plan, if A - final (Panama).
     b) A man, a plan, if B - final (Panama).
     c) A man, a plan, if C - final (Panama).
       ...

32.a) Retracting, I sign it 'Carter'.
     b) Dubya won? No way, bud.
     c) "No demerits tire me", Don.

33. Side-ballot, Biden? One dib. Toll abides. 

34. Ya! Deride to vote! Dire day.

35.a) No X in Nixon. 
     b) No Melania in 'a lemon'.
     c) 'Sir', obsesses Boris. 

36. "Star comedy -- Democrats."

37. A game - divide: MAGA. 

38. Elba? Rudy, "Baby, durable!"

39.a) "No!", e.g. nude dungeon. 
     b) No sin-unit, in unison.
     c) No DC-Don. 

POLITICALLY-TAINTED VERSES

And, before you go...
 if you have become addicted to both palindromes and limericks, as we have, you can satisfy both cravings by checking out an earlier illustrated blogpost entitled "Reversing Verse: Limericks About Classic Palindromes". 

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TOURISTS' PALINDROMIC GUIDE: The Americas #4

WORDPLAY post #192
Preview of this fall's offerings. Target date: November 10.
This post is a continuation of...
 Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Americas #1
 Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Americas #2
 Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Americas #3

SATIRE COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio (registered pseudonym) and Dr. GH, 2018. 

WORDPLAY LINK: Panels showing palindromic phrases derived from geography of the Americas were originally displayed on Wordplay posts on this blog during the interval from 2018 to February 2019; the current examples have been developed since that time. Geographically focused concoctions are among the many palindromic treasures honored and displayed on this site. Check out the list of entries for "The Palindrome Suite" in the slide at the bottom of blogpost #179. 

SONGLINK: For those readers who like poetry set to music: You can find lots of singable limerick-medleys, as well as other types of song on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE", such as this recent post. In addition, some readers will be delighted (others will continue to groan) at our collection of songs based on palindromic phrases -- click the link to the initial blogpost in this series to make these links available as well.

Still want more palindromic fun? Click HERE for 'concluding remarks' about New-World and Old-World palindromes.

For hotlinks, check out the blogpost "Hotlinks: More than One Thousand Palindromes", or see below...

Magical Advanced Palindromes (post #9)   

Palindromic Political Blurts by Ed the Derailed Liar (post #11) 

Satan and His Devilish Palindromes (post #12)

Prudery and Denial (post #13)

Romance, Lust and Prurience (post #14)

Canalindromes: A Bidirectional Trip through the Panama Canal (post #15)

A Review: Composing Your Own Palindromes (post #19)

Beyond Classic Repertoire: GOOFY VARIANTS post#20; post#29; post#40

Using Palindromes for Spelling: True, false and Uncertain (post #42)   

Geographic Palindromes from the New World (post #65) 

Geographic Palindromes from the Old World (post #68) 

The Meaning of Life as Revealed In Palindromes: Definitions and Examples (post #109)

The Culinary World Explored with Palindromes (post #114)

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