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Burma-Shave


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When you make your own pattern

it better be in fun

Because the boy owners

might make you run

Burma Shave

Boy do I remember those signs along the roadways when I was young. They were so much fun because the messages on them made you want to read them. Now that was good advertising, if ever there was such a thing.

I love the way you joggled my mind and made me smile with these.

Dick

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16 hours ago, wombatie said:

Never heard of Burma Shave but you did a good cutting and the lettering is really sharp.  Well done.

Marg

Burma Shave was a shaving cream for men. During the late 1940's to maybe about 1960's, Burma Shave made a series of wooden signs that were placed beside the highways of the United States. Each sign was a part of a funny saying that made travelers want to read them for the humor. The very last of the series of signs always read, "Burma Shave" and looked like the sign posted by Rocky. The signs were spaced so that it would take about a minute of driving to get from the first sign to the Burma Shave sign. Here is an example of one that I remember vividly.

sign one:  It seems as when

Sign 2:       you try to pass

Sign 3:     The guy in front

Sign 4:     Steps on the gas

Sign 5: Burma Shave

 Often all the passengers in the car would sat out loud... "Burma Shave"  when they  go to the final sign

Now you know a little more about the signs that us older people remember so well. Of course they mean nothing to the younger set.

Dick

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