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Offline CG6468

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Burma Shave
« on: July 30, 2013, 11:06:02 AM »


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For those who never saw any of the Burma Shave signs, here is a quick lesson in our history of the 1930's and '40's.

Before there were interstates, when everyone drove the old 2 lane roads, Burma Shave signs would be posted all over the countryside in farmers' fields.They were small red signs with white letters. Five signs, about 100 feet apart, each containing 1 line of a 4 line couplet......and the obligatory 5th sign advertising Burma Shave, a popular shaving cream.

 
DON'T STICK YOUR ELBOW
OUT SO FAR
IT MAY GO HOME
IN ANOTHER CAR.
Burma Shave


TRAINS DON'T WANDER
ALL OVER THE MAP
'CAUSE NOBODY SITS
IN THE ENGINEER'S LAP
Burma Shave


SHE KISSED THE HAIRBRUSH
BY MISTAKE
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS
HER HUSBAND JAKE
Burma Shave


DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD
TO GAIN A MINUTE
YOU NEED YOUR HEAD
YOUR BRAINS ARE IN IT
Burma Shave


DROVE TOO LONG
DRIVER SNOOZING
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
IS NOT AMUSING
Burma Shave


BROTHER SPEEDER
LET'S REHEARSE
ALL TOGETHER
GOOD MORNING, NURSE
Burma Shave


CAUTIOUS RIDER
TO HER RECKLESS DEAR
LET'S HAVE LESS BULL
AND A LITTLE MORE STEER
Burma Shave


SPEED WAS HIGH
WEATHER WAS NOT
TIRES WERE THIN
X MARKS THE SPOT
Burma Shave


THE MIDNIGHT RIDE
OF PAUL FOR BEER
LED TO A WARMER
HEMISPHERE
Burma Shave


AROUND THE CURVE
LICKETY-SPLIT
BEAUTIFUL CAR
WASN'T IT?
Burma Shave


NO MATTER THE PRICE
NO MATTER HOW NEW
THE BEST SAFETY DEVICE
IN THE CAR IS YOU
Burma Shave


A GUY WHO DRIVES
A CAR WIDE OPEN
IS NOT THINKIN'
HE'S JUST HOPIN'
Burma Shave


AT INTERSECTIONS
LOOK EACH WAY
A HARP SOUNDS NICE
BUT IT'S HARD TO PLAY
Burma Shave


BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL
EYES ON THE ROAD
THAT'S THE SKILLFUL
DRIVER'S CODE
Burma Shave


THE ONE WHO DRIVES
WHEN HE'S BEEN DRINKING
DEPENDS ON YOU
TO DO HIS THINKING
Burma Shave


CAR IN DITCH
DRIVER IN TREE
THE MOON WAS FULL
AND SO WAS HE.
Burma Shave


PASSING SCHOOL ZONE
TAKE IT SLOW
LET OUR LITTLE
SHAVERS GROW
Burma Shave
Illinois, south of the gun controllers in Chi town

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Re: Burma Shave
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2013, 11:09:13 AM »
Nostalgia of yesteryear. Reminds me of getting kicks, on route 66 !
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Re: Burma Shave
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2013, 12:03:41 PM »
Something similar is being used in a few places around here.  There is a group called Guns Save Life that has put up signs about the 2nd Amendment along roadsides.

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Re: Burma Shave
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2013, 02:55:44 PM »
Something similar is being used in a few places around here.  There is a group called Guns Save Life that has put up signs about the 2nd Amendment along roadsides.

I saw those when we were on vacation last year. There's one between here and Kankakee, also.
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Re: Burma Shave
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2013, 03:31:44 PM »
The Burma Shave signs were one of the amusements when I was a kid riding in the back seat of Dad's '36 Pontiac on the way through Iowa and Minnesota on vacation.

Always looked forward for the next ones.
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Re: Burma Shave
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2013, 04:04:03 PM »
The Burma Shave signs were one of the amusements when I was a kid riding in the back seat of Dad's '36 Pontiac on the way through Iowa and Minnesota on vacation.

Always looked forward for the next ones.

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Re: Burma Shave
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2013, 04:05:43 PM »
Illinois, south of the gun controllers in Chi town

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Re: Burma Shave
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2013, 04:08:50 PM »
I loved those signs.