Burma Shave
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03/20/24 03:41 PM
03/20/24 03:41 PM
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Here in the east you would have to be at least 60 or more to remember seeing these signs.......jk
Anybody remember these on the old highways?
A man, a miss,
A car, a curve,
He kissed the miss,
And missed the curve. Burma Shave
I'm sure that Burma Shave actually saved some lives. People laughed and then were more careful! It was a REAL "service" to America, even though it was an advertisement and it was one of the RARE "really useful" ones!
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 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 A LITTLE 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
Free people are not equal. Equal people are not free. What's supposed to be ain't always is. Hopper Hunter
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Re: Burma Shave
[Re: jk]
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03/20/24 04:17 PM
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Up until about ten years ago there were still Burma Shave signs up along Rt. 54 North. There might still be, I started going a different way to camp.
Said the farmer
Who's bald on top
I wish I could
Rotate the crop
Burma Shave
Eh...wot?
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Re: Burma Shave
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03/20/24 04:23 PM
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Gary Benson
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Driving is risky When frisky on whiskey
Last edited by Gary Benson; 03/20/24 04:24 PM.
Life ain't supposed to be easy.
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Re: Burma Shave
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03/20/24 04:36 PM
03/20/24 04:36 PM
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There is a complete set of Burma Shave signs in the Smithsonian. I remember them along the road as a kid.
The difference between animals and humans is that animals would never let the dumbest ones lead the pack.
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Re: Burma Shave
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03/20/24 05:37 PM
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"the signs on the side of the road" A book of BURMA SHAVE signs. I have it here somewhere.
Billy Member # 16.
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Re: Burma Shave
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03/20/24 05:49 PM
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I remember those signs , but they were only on main roads and only in certain places, with room for them. Like the old rest stops on all the main roads , small little picnic areas, with an outhouse, sometimes with a water hand pump . All gone with the years.
We have met the enemy and the enemy is us!
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Re: Burma Shave
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03/20/24 07:31 PM
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Raghorn67
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I lived in central Iowa for 5ish years.
They used to be all over up there.
Don't know if they still are or not.
Ya can't be scared all of your life
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