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I just stumbled across this great article about those old "Burma Shave" road signs... "Burma Shave" was a pre-aerosol, brushless shaving cream for men. These were humorous ads along the highways, that were on America's roads from 1927 to 1963... The way they worked was a bit like a limerick... There were usually 5 or 6 "lines" and the last line was always "Burma Shave". Each "line" was placed a little further along the road than the last one... So the motorist would see the first line as one sign, then drive a little bit further, and see the second line as another sign, and so on... Here are a few of the Burma Shave rhymes... ### GRANDPA'S BEARD WAS STIFF AND COARSE AND THAT'S WHAT CAUSED HIS FIFTH DIVORCE BURMA SHAVE ### THE CREAM PRESERVES PA'S RAZOR BLADE THE JAR PRESERVES MA'S MARMALADE BURMA SHAVE ### THE CANNIBALS TOOK JUST ONE VIEW AND SAID HE LOOKS TOO NICE TO STEW BURMA SHAVE ### I JUST JOINED THE YOUNG MAN SAID A NUDIST CAMP IS MY FACE RED? NO! I USE BURMA SHAVE ### You can read the article I saw - with ALL the Burma Shave rhymes - here... http://www.salon.com/2012/05/15/amer...nds/singleton/ Even though these are ads, I find these kind of charming... ![]() - Dien Last edited by Dien Rice : May 17, 2012 at 09:47 AM. |
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