Posted on 06/25/2003 5:48:34 PM PDT by Sen Jack S. Fogbound
----- Original Message -----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.
DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD
TO GAIN A MINUTE
YOU NEED YOUR HEAD
YOUR BRAINS ARE IN IT
DROVE TOO LONG
DRIVER SNOOZING
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
IS NOT AMUSING
BROTHER SPEEDER,
LET'S REHEARSE;
ALL TOGETHER,
GOOD MORNING NURSE
CAUTIOUS RIDER
TO HER RECKLESS DEAR
LET'S HAVE LESS BULL
AND LOTS MORE STEER
SPEED WAS HIGH
WEATHER WAS NOT
TIRES WERE THIN
X MARKS THE SPOT
THE MIDNIGHT RIDE
OF PAUL FOR BEER
LED HIM TO
A WARMER HEMISPHERE
AROUND THE CURVE
LICKETY-SPLIT
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NEW CAR
WASN'T IT?
NO MATTER THE PRICE
NO MATTER HOW NEW
THE BEST SAFETY DEVICE
IN THE CAR IS YOU
A GUY WHO DRIVES
A CAR WIDE OPEN
IS NOT THINKIN'
HE'S JUST HOPIN'
AT INTERSECTIONS
LOOK EACH WAY
A HARP SOUNDS NICE
BUT ITS HARD TO PLAY
BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL
EYES ON THE ROAD
THAT'S THE SKILLFUL
DRIVER'S CODE
THE ONE WHO DRIVES
WHEN HE'S BEEN DRINKING
DEPENDS ON YOU
TO DO HIS THINKING
CAR IN DITCH
DRIVER IN TREE
THE MOON WAS FULL
AND SO WAS HE.
And my all time favorite
PASSING SCHOOL ZONE
TAKE IT SLOW
LET OUR LITTLE
SHAVERS GROW
Did you know shaving cream is just fluffed up soap?
Makes a great " in a pinch " spot remover!!!
I would think that anybody who's in a car that needs a roof to protect themselves from anything other than the rain or the sun has a much bigger problem at the moment than not having a roof.
I recall acually anticipating the signs when I rode in the family car, (a Packard) on vacation trips. We had a lot of fun reading them!
Which Fried in Fat
Why hasn't this
Been moved to "Chat"
Burma Shave:)
BURMA-SHAVE
Couple other faves:
Beneath this vale
Of toil and sin
Your head grows bald
But not your chin.
BURMA-SHAVE
(that one's in the Smithsonian.)
Said Juliet
To Romeo
"If you won't shave,
Go home-eo."
BURMA-SHAVE
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