Burmashave:thumbup: ............

[Wayne in BC]

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

Remember these? 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 more
of the actual signs:

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

And my all time favorite:
PASSING SCHOOL ZONE
TAKE IT SLOW
LET OUR LITTLE
SHAVERS GROW
Burma Shave

 

[david(tx)]

wonder how many drivers had wrecks reading them.

 

[Royal]

saw a couple out west a couple years ago on a back road.

Check out this site http://www.fiftiesweb.com/burma1.htm

 

[Rob/Windsor Ont.]

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[Micheal_R]

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[Royal]

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[Wayne in BC]

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[Wayne in BC]

great entertainment for us kids on road trips. We would watch for them and try to beat the other one to read them first.

 

[Royal]

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[david(tx)]

on trips it got boring for kids pretty fast.my dad would stop a get my brother whose 4 yrs. older than me a coke or some other soft drink.he would nurse his soft drink and wait for me to finish mine,about the time i took my last swig he would look over and say,"i've got some left and you don't".a-hole

 

[VT Dave]

Dang, how'd I get that old!

 

[Rob/Windsor Ont.]

When we were all kids, my mother baked pies and cakes EVERY Saturday. Being young as we were, of us eight kids, seven of us weren't huge pie fans (except my oldest brother). So naturally, when it came time for dessert, he'd always opt for cake first, until it was all gone and then enjoy the pies in solitude. I still haven't forgiven him for that.

 

[Micheal_R]

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[Micheal_R]

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[Royal]

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[Royal]

five ft tall! You have an accident with a chainsaw when you were a kid or something??

 

[david(tx)]

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[Wayne in BC]

do you play the guts and bones? Royal likely suspects as i do that being as short as we are.......must have been a Welshman in the woodpile

 

[Micheal_R]

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[Micheal_R]

Lets face it, us shorties can live in a house with 7 foot [or even 6 foot] ceilings. Thus, we need less wood to make our homes... ergo, less trees cut down.. hence less global warming... yada, yada, yada

calm seas

Mikie