BURMA SHAVE
Apr 26, 2024 18:05:00 #
Mduffy910 wrote:
You can buy a book of Burma Shave Sign Sayings on Amazon
"Verse by the Side of the Road: The Story of the Burma-Shave Signs and Jingles"
By Frank Rowsome
"Verse by the Side of the Road: The Story of the Burma-Shave Signs and Jingles"
By Frank Rowsome
Why buy a book? In a previous post I listed a website that has the various "sayings" listed as they came out by year. You don't need to find my post, just Google Burma Shave signs and you can find it for yourself.
Apr 26, 2024 18:28:30 #
Mduffy910
Loc: Michigan
SteveR wrote:
Why buy a book? In a previous post I listed a website that has the various "sayings" listed as they came out by year. You don't need to find my post, just Google Burma Shave signs and you can find it for yourself.
Great! Thank you!
Apr 27, 2024 03:31:06 #
The book also includes some anecdotes from the pair of sign installers. Besides being a list of the signs it is also an interesting story.
~Lee
~Lee
Apr 27, 2024 12:21:39 #
Apr 27, 2024 12:28:07 #
Mduffy910
Loc: Michigan
dick ranez wrote:
Spring has sprung
The grass has riz
Where lasr year’s
Careless drivers is
My favorite
The grass has riz
Where lasr year’s
Careless drivers is
My favorite
👍
Apr 27, 2024 20:31:06 #
When the Burma Shave signs were on the other side of the road, my older brother and I would remember alternate signs and the work out the correct rhyme! Luckily speed limits were lower in those days.
Thanks for bringing those memories....
Thanks for bringing those memories....
Apr 27, 2024 23:42:16 #
TreborLow wrote:
When the Burma Shave signs were on the other side of the road, my older brother and I would remember alternate signs and the work out the correct rhyme! Luckily speed limits were lower in those days.
Thanks for bringing those memories....
Thanks for bringing those memories....
You're right. I remember when going 55 was fast on the highways.
Apr 29, 2024 07:12:43 #
Grew up in Ct.; never saw them. In the late 60's I traveled some very rural back roads of California. There they were.
Apr 29, 2024 15:49:38 #
I recall family drive vacations thru the southwest and looking forward to the Burma Shave signs, e.g. "He lit a match", "To Check Gas Tanks", "That's Why They Call Him", "Skinless Frank" Classic Americana!
Apr 29, 2024 16:50:23 #
Now think of the fun my brother and I had as we read them in reverse order and then had the fun assembling the humor!
May 1, 2024 10:41:40 #
DIRTY HARRY wrote:
Who remembers BURMA SHAVE (GREAT reminder of the p... (show quote)
Good One Harry, a Little bit before my time, but I do remember Burma Shave!
May 1, 2024 23:10:16 #
Grump's Photos wrote:
Wet road
Curve ahead
Went too fast
Now he’s dead
Burma Shave
Andy
Curve ahead
Went too fast
Now he’s dead
Burma Shave
Andy
Do no passing
On a slope
Unless you have
A periscope
Burma Shave
Retired submarine CO.
May 2, 2024 06:02:02 #
Foto Fun wrote:
Do no passing
On a slope
Unless you have
A periscope
Burma Shave
Retired submarine CO.
On a slope
Unless you have
A periscope
Burma Shave
Retired submarine CO.
May 3, 2024 12:44:58 #
May 10, 2024 15:51:00 #
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