[Mb-civic] Burma Shave - Classic

[Mary Louise smn]

Thank you!    The messages are so much FUN!  Its a relief to have some 
lightness  among all of the other serious messages!   Merci!               
Marylouise

>From: Gerald Gerald <dekuyper at sbcglobal.net>
>Reply-To: mb-civic at islandlists.com
>To: Gerald Cooper <dekuyper at sbcglobal.net>
>Subject: [Mb-civic] Burma Shave - Classic
>Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 13:17:38 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Some of you won't know what Burma Shave signs mean, we
>older folks can remember them. It was one of the
>things I remember when us kids would stop fighting in
>the back seat. Mom would just have to say " Burma
>shave", and we'd all try to be the first to read them
>out loud. Our sister Sandi usually won because she got
>to sit in front and we three boys had to sit in the
>backseat. Not fair, she can see them first".  WAH Wah.
>That was our quick fix for another few miles till the
>next one. Poor older brother Calvin, my twin brother
>and I about drove him wild. He made it though, he is
>now 64, a little crazy maybe, but he is still with us.
>Enjoy Jerry
>Subject: Fw: Burma Shave
>
>Thought you might enjoy these.
>
>Those Grand Old Burma   Shave Road Signs
>
>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
>
>Remember these? 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. Here  are more
>of the actual signs:
>
>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 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
>
>And my all time favorite:
>PASSING SCHOOL ZONE
>TAKE IT  SLOW
>LET OUR LITTLE
>SHAVERS GROW
>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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