Burma Shave, again

Last Mrk

Last Mrk

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For those of you who never saw the Burma Shave signs, here is a quick lesson in our history of the 1930s and 1940s. Before the 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.

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DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD
TO GAIN A MINUTE
YOU NEED YOUR HEAD
YOUR BRAINS ARE IN IT
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DROVE TOO LONG
DRIVER SNOOZING
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
IS NOT AMUSING
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BROTHER SPEEDER,
LET'S REHEARSE;
ALL TOGETHER,
GOOD MORNING NURSE
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CAUTIOUS RIDER
TO HER RECKLESS DEAR
LET'S HAVE LESS BULL
AND LOTS MORE STEER
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SPEED WAS HIGH
WEATHER WAS NOT
TIRES WERE THIN
X MARKS THE SPOT
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THE MIDNIGHT RIDE
OF PAUL FOR BEER
LED HIM TO
A WARMER HEMISPHERE
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AROUND THE CURVE
LICKETY-SPLIT
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NEW CAR
WASN'T IT?
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NO MATTER THE PRICE
NO MATTER HOW NEW
THE BEST SAFETY DEVICE
IN THE CAR IS YOU
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A GUY WHO DRIVES
A CAR WIDE OPEN
IS NOT THINKIN'
HE'S JUST HOPIN'
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AT INTERSECTIONS
LOOK EACH WAY
A HARP SOUNDS NICE
BUT ITS HARD TO PLAY
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BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL
EYES ON THE ROAD
THAT'S THE SKILLFUL
DRIVER'S CODE
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THE ONE WHO DRIVES
WHEN HE'S BEEN DRINKING
DEPENDS ON YOU
TO DO HIS THINKING
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CAR IN DITCH
DRIVER IN TREE
THE MOON WAS FULL
AND SO WAS HE.
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PASSING SCHOOL ZONE
TAKE IT SLOW
LET OUR LITTLE
SHAVERS GROW
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APPROACHED CROSSING
WITHOUT LOOKING.
WHO WILL EAT
HIS WIDOW’S COOKING
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DON’T STICK YOUR ELBOW
OUT SO FAR,
IT MIGHT GO HOME
IN ANOTHER CAR
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HE TRIED TO CROSS
AS TRAIN NEARED,
DEATH DIDN’T DRAFT HIM,
HE VOLUNTEERED
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DON’T PASS CARS
ON CURVE OR HILL,
IF COPS DON’T GET YOU,
MORTICIANS WILL
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OF ALL THE DRUNKS
WHO DRIVE ON SUNDAY,
SOME ARE STILL
ALIVE ON MONDAY
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THEY MISSED THE TURN,
CAR WAS WHIZZIN’
FAULT WAS HER’N,
FUNERAL HIS’N
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BIG MISTAKE
MANY MAKE,
RELY ON HORN
INSTEAD OF BRAKE
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SHE KISSED THE HAIRBRUSH
BY MISTAKE,
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS
HER HUSBAND JAKE
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SAID FARMER BROWN
WHO'S BALD ON TOP,
I WISH I COULD
ROTATE THE CROP
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HE LIT A MATCH
TO CHECK THE TANK,
THAT’S WHY THEY CALL
HIM SKINLESS FRANK
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THE CHICK HE WED
LET OUT A WHOOP,
FELT HIS CHIN
AND FLEW THE COOP
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IF HUGGING ON HIGHWAYS
IS YOUR SPORT,
TRADE IN YOUR CAR
FOR A DAVENPORT
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PASSING CARS
WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE
MAY GET YOU A GLIMPSE
OF ETERNITY
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RE: Burma Shave, again


Paul: Thats been awhile. :)

IS HE LONESOME
OR JUST BLIND
THIS GUY WHO FOLLOWS
SO CLOSE BEHIND
BURMA SHAVE


WAR BONDS PAY
A GREAT RATE
DONT LET HITLER
SEAL YOUR FATE
BURMA SHAVE


GI POLISH
GI BRASS
HELP MAKE HITLER
STAY OFF OUR GRASS
BURMA SHAVE
 
RE: Burma Shave, again

FINALLY !!

SOMETHING, before MY time ! :) :) :) :) (I was starting to think that there was nothing before my time. I feel younger, allready :)
 
RE: Burma Shave, again

Sandy,
Glad we made you feel "younger". But remember you're only as old as you feel. Have a great day!
 
RE: Burma Shave, again

I'm 23 and i know about Burma-shave signs. On Put-In-Bay there is one, but i don't know if it says "Burma-Shave" on the last one or something like "welcome to put-in-bay".
 
RE: Burma Shave, again

Sandy. Nice try but you're old enough to know about Burma Shave signs, aren't you?

No, they were oulawed in NJ 'round about 1954. I was then 8 and I don't ever recall seeing them, only in pictures every great once in a while. I really do not remember them!
 
RE: Burma Shave, again

The signs told us kids we were out of the city (finally) and on our way to the lake.

We used to try and make up our own:

When Dave & Jeff
Sit in the Back
All they can see
Is Dad's old hat

Then of course we'd all laugh like idiots and try it again.

Hey - we were like 5 or 6 years old. That was funny stuff.
 
RE: Burma Shave, again



Yeah I hemember we made up our own also, cant remember any
that are clean enough to post (young ears ya know)And with that,

Yo: little dohc: Get that homework done and mow the grass!:)
 
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