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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 BurmaShave, a popular shaving cream.
Here are more of the actual
signs:
DON'T
STICK YOUR ELBOW OUT SO FAR IT MAY GO HOME IN ANOTHER
CAR.BurmaShave
TRAINS
DON'T WANDER ALL OVER THE MAP 'CAUSE NOBODY SITS IN THE ENGINEER'S
LAPBurmaShave
SHE
KISSED THE HAIRBRUSH BY MISTAKE SHE THOUGHT IT WAS HER HUSBAND
JAKEBurmaShave DON'T
LOSE YOUR HEAD TO GAIN A MINUTE YOU NEED YOUR HEAD YOUR BRAINS ARE IN
ITBurmaShave
DROVE
TOO LONG DRIVER SNOOZING WHAT HAPPENED NEXT IS NOT
AMUSING BurmaShave
BROTHER
SPEEDER LET'S REHEARSE ALL TOGETHER GOOD MORNING,
NURSE BurmaShave CAUTIOUS
RIDER TO HER RECKLESS DEAR LET'S HAVE LESS BULL AND A LITTLE MORE
STEERBurmaShave SPEED
WAS HIGH WEATHER WAS HOT TIRES WERE THIN X MARKS THE
SPOT BurmaShave THE
MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL FOR BEER LED TO A
WARMER HEMISPHEREBurmaShave AROUND
THE CURVE LICKETY-SPLIT BEAUTIFUL CAR WASN'T IT?BurmaShave NO
MATTER THE PRICE NO MATTER HOW NEW THE BEST SAFETY DEVICE IN THE CAR IS
YOU BurmaShave A
GUY WHO DRIVES A CAR WIDE OPEN IS NOT THINKIN' HE'S JUST
HOPIN'BurmaShave AT
INTERSECTIONS LOOK EACH WAY A HARP SOUNDS NICE BUT IT'S HARD TO
PLAY BurmaShave BOTH
HANDS ON THE WHEEL EYES ON THE ROAD THAT'S THE SKILLFUL DRIVER'S
CODEBurmaShave
THE ONE WHO
DRIVES WHEN HE'S BEEN
DRINKING DEPENDS ON YOU TO DO HIS
THINKING BurmaShave
CAR IN
DITCH DRIVER IN TREE THE MOON WAS FULL AND SO WAS HE. BurmaShave
PASSING SCHOOL
ZONE TAKE IT SLOW LET OUR LITTLE SHAVERS GROW BurmaShave
CATTLE
CROSSING
MEANS GO
SLOW
THAT OLD
BULL
IS SOME COW'S
BEAU
Burma
Shave
Do these bring
back any old memories? If not, you're
merely a child. If they do - then
you're old as dirt... (like me)
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