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Does Anyone Remember - BURMA SHAVE?
Posted by
PEGASUS
(moderator) 10 Sep 2007 4:23pm
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.
Here are some of the actual signs:
HARDLY A DRIVER IS STILL ALIVE
WHO PASSED ON HILLS AT 75
Burma Shave
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 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
Do these bring back any old memories?
Burma Shave
Posted by
jonwil
(VIP) 3 Nov 2007 12:29pm
Yes, at age 77, I remember they were all over. Also, the West had "Harold's Club or bust". Also many "Terrible Hearst" signs. Jonwil
<ore Burma Shave
Posted by
wilpat
(VIP) 8 Nov 2007 11:33am
Cautious rider
To her
Reckless dear
Let's have less bull
And lots more steer
Burma-Shave
Slow down, Pa
Sakes alive
Ma missed signs
Four And five
Burma-Shave
Substitutes
Can let you down
Quicker
Than a
Strapless gown
Burma-Shave
Many a forest
Used to stand
Where a
Lighted match
Got out of hand
Burma-Shave
Ben met Anna
Made a hit
Neglected beard
Ben-Anna split.
Burma Shave
When little
Posted by
pow4all
(VIP) 18 Nov 2007 3:55pm
As a kid i remember them all over the side of the road. 
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