Commutative, or "semantically palindromic" sentences

Is it crazy how saying sentences backwards creates backwards sentences saying how crazy it is?


Am I as bored as you are? Are you as bored as I am?

The words, intact, are maintained in both directions. The meaning is the same but the words are different:


My first thought was "Listen, you!" It works both ways. It's short and simple (like me.)


Watch this watch

Unless I've misunderstood the question, of course.

EDIT: And in case using the same first and last word is cheating, how about

Path a route (eg. through a maze)

The reverse form still makes sense, just about, I think.

Essentially for an A-B-C structure you'd need pairs of words that are both nouns and verbs, and have the same meaning in both senses. It's an interesting thing to think about.