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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 FARIT MAY GO HOMEIN ANOTHER CAR.Burma ShaveTRAINS DON'T WANDERALL OVER THE MAP'CAUSE NOBODY SITSIN THE ENGINEER'S LAPBurma ShaveSHE KISSED THE HAIRBRUSHBY MISTAKESHE THOUGHT IT WASHER HUSBAND JAKEBurma ShaveDON'T LOSE YOUR HEADTO GAIN A MINUTEYOU NEED YOUR HEADYOUR BRAINS ARE IN ITBurma ShaveDROVE TOO LONGDRIVER SNOOZINGWHAT HAPPENED NEXTIS NOT AMUSINGBurma ShaveBROTHER SPEEDERLET'S REHEARSEALL TOGETHERGOOD MORNING, NURSEBurma ShaveCAUTIOUS RIDERTO HER RECKLESS DEARLET'S HAVE LESS BULLAND A LITTLE MORE STEERBurma ShaveSPEED WAS HIGHWEATHER WAS NOTTIRES WERE THINX MARKS THE SPOTBurma ShaveTHE MIDNIGHT RIDEOF PAUL FOR BEERLED TO A WARMERHEMISPHEREBurma ShaveAROUND THE CURVELICKETY-SPLITBEAUTIFUL CARWASN'T IT?Burma ShaveNO MATTER THE PRICENO MATTER HOW NEWTHE BEST SAFETY DEVICEIN THE CAR IS YOUBurma ShaveA GUY WHO DRIVESA CAR WIDE OPENIS NOT THINKIN'HE'S JUST HOPIN'Burma ShaveAT INTERSECTIONSLOOK EACH WAYA HARP SOUNDS NICEBUT IT'S HARD TO PLAYBurma ShaveBOTH HANDS ON THE WHEELEYES ON THE ROADTHAT'S THE SKILLFULDRIVER'S CODEBurma ShaveTHE ONE WHO DRIVESWHEN HE'S BEEN DRINKINGDEPENDS ON YOUTO DO HIS THINKINGBurma ShaveCAR IN DITCHDRIVER IN TREETHE MOON WAS FULLAND SO WAS HE.Burma ShavePASSING SCHOOL ZONETAKE IT SLOWLET OUR LITTLESHAVERS GROW Burma Shave
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.
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.