Burma Shave

    • Moderator
    • 2627 posts
    February 15, 2009 1:22 PM GMT
    Burma Shave has a history in the US for fun road signs. They were removed in 1963 after the company was sold.


    WE'VE MADE
    GRANDPA
    LOOK SO TRIM
    THE LOCAL
    DRAFT BOARD'S AFTER HIM
    BURMA SHAVE

    OUR FORTUNE IS YOUR
    SHAVEN FACE
    IT'S OUR BEST
    ADVERTISING SPACE
    BURMA SHAVE

    PEDRO
    WALKED
    BACK HOME, BY GOLLY
    HIS BRISTLY CHIN
    WAS HOT-TO-MOLLY
    BURMA SHAVE

    WHEN THE STORK
    DELIVERS A BOY
    OUR WHOLE
    DARN FACTORY
    JUMPS FOR JOY
    BURMA SHAVE

    THE POOREST GUY
    IN THE HUMAN RACE
    CAN HAVE A
    MILLION DOLLAR FACE
    BURMA SHAVE

    THIRTY DAYS
    HATH SEPTEMBER
    APRIL
    JUNE AND THE
    SPEED OFFENDER
    BURMA SHAVE

    IF DAISIES
    ARE YOUR
    FAVORITE FLOWER
    KEEP PUSHIN' UP THOSE
    MILES-PER-HOUR
    BURMA SHAVE

    SUBSTITUTES
    CAN LET YOU DOWN
    QUICKER
    THAN A
    STRAPLESS GOWN
    BURMA SHAVE

    THE BIG BLUE TUBE'S
    JUST LIKE LOUISE
    YOU GET
    A THRILL
    FROM EVERY SQUEEZE
    BURMA SHAVE

    "NO, NO,"
    SHE SAID
    TO HER BRISTLY BEAU
    "I'D RATHER
    EAT THE MISTLETOE"
    BURMA SHAVE

    TRAIN APPROACHING
    WHISTLE SQUEALING
    PAUSE!
    AVOID THAT
    RUNDOWN FEELING!
    BURMA SHAVE

    UNLESS
    YOUR FACE
    IS STINGER FREE
    YOU'D BETTER LET
    YOUR HONEY BE
    BURMA SHAVE

    THIS CREAM
    MAKES THE
    GARDENER'S DAUGHTER
    PLANT HER TU-LIPS
    WHERE SHE OUGHTER
    BURMA SHAVE

    IF YOUR PEACH
    KEEPS OUT
    OF REACH
    BETTER PRACTICE
    WHAT WE PREACH
    BURMA SHAVE

    TO KISS
    A MUG
    THAT'S LIKE A CACTUS
    TAKES MORE NERVE
    THAN IT DOES PRACTICE
    BURMA SHAVE

    SHE EYED
    HIS BEARD
    AND SAID NO DICE
    THE WEDDING’S OFF
    I’LL COOK THE RICE
    BURMA SHAVE



    A CHIN
    WHERE BARBED WIRE
    BRISTLES STAND
    IS BOUND TO BE
    A NO MA’AMS LAND
    BURMA SHAVE


    USE THIS CREAM
    A DAY
    OR TWO
    THEN DON’T CALL HER —
    SHE’LL CALL YOU
    BURMA SHAVE



    A CHRISTMAS HUG
    A BIRTHDAY KISS
    AWAITS
    THE WOMAN
    WHO GIVES THIS
    BURMA SHAVE



    SUBSTITUTES
    ARE LIKE A GIRDLE
    THEY FIND SOME JOBS
    THEY JUST
    CAN’T HURDLE
    BURMA SHAVE

    PAST
    SCHOOLHOUSES
    TAKE IT SLOW
    LET THE LITTLE
    SHAVERS GROW
    BURMA-SHAVE


    IS HE LONESOME
    OR JUST BLIND
    THIS GUY WHO
    DRIVES
    SO CLOSE BEHIND?
    BURMA-SHAVE.



    MANY A FOREST
    USED TO STAND
    WHERE A
    LIGHTED MATCH
    GOT OUT OF HAND
    BURMA SHAVE



    THE ONE WHO
    DRIVES WHEN
    HE’S BEEN DRINKING
    DEPENDS ON YOU
    TO DO HIS THINKING

    THE BEARDED LADY
    TRIED A JAR
    SHE’S NOW
    A FAMOUS
    MOVIE STAR
    BURMA SHAVE



    IF YOU THINK
    SHE LIKES
    YOUR BRISTLES
    WALK BARE-FOOTED
    THROUGH SOME THISTLES
    BURMA SHAVE

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    • 2627 posts
    February 15, 2009 1:28 PM GMT
    Burma Shave here I found 4 pages from the 1950's.
    Maybe I should have put this in the US forum.