Palindrome

Today’s date, written numerically, is a palindrome.

3-2-23.

Palindromes are words, phrases, sentences or numbers that read the same backward as forward.

The longest palindrome sentence is: “Able was I ere I saw Elba.”

The most referenced: “A man, a plan, a canal: Panama!“

I didn’t say that palindromes have to make sense.

Whenever I see or say “palindrome,” the music and words to an old TV Western come to mind.

In Have Gun-Will Travel (1957–1963, 225 episodes), the main character’s name is Paladin. Dressed in black, Paladin wore a fancy rig and defied the Western stereotype (white hat vs. black hat) as a gunfighter for justice and good––”a crusader for the downtrodden,” like Robin Hood, “a gentlemanly gunfighter for hire.”[1]

The dictionary defines a “paladin” as a knight renowned for heroism and chivalry, referencing “The Paladins” who were the twelve legendary knights of Charlemagne’s court in the 8th century. Origin of the word’s meaning: “officers of the palace.”

The originator/writer of the TV show likely knew what the word paladin meant when he named his character Paladin.

If you have 2 minutes to spare, you can watch the YouTube video of this memorable theme song.

You might find yourself humming this song the rest of the day.

The way the mind works never ceases to amaze me.

Words and music and images: Triggers for memory. (No pun intended:)

[1] IMDB