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days_unfolding ([personal profile] days_unfolding) wrote2001-08-16 10:55 pm

Burma Shave

Listen birds
These signs cost money
You can rest awhile
But don't get Funny
Burma Shave

Found a link to a web page about Burma Shave signs while surfing journals. Yes, I do remember seeing a few when I was a little kid.

Why is it
When you
Try to pass
The guy in front
Goes twice as fast?
Burma-Shave

The safest rule
No ifs or buts
Just drive
Like every one else
Is nuts!
Burma-Shave

[identity profile] bandicoot.livejournal.com 2001-08-17 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
I always liked the ones on traffic safety. And the funny ones...

[identity profile] days-unfolding.livejournal.com 2001-08-17 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
BTW, I've wondered if ad banners were the Burma Shave signs for the 90s (and beyond....)

Re:

[identity profile] bandicoot.livejournal.com 2001-08-17 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
Naw - they don't have the humor of the old BurmaShave signs. I remember riding across country when I was a kid, when spotting new BurmaShave signs was a real treat.

[identity profile] bookfoole.livejournal.com 2001-08-17 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
Check this out (http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=7288066&nc=13) --I mention the Burma Shave book in the comments.

[identity profile] days-unfolding.livejournal.com 2001-08-17 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
That's actually where I found it. Creative lurking for fun and profit-;)