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Got this in the mail and thought you would think it is funny. These signs used to be posted all over the country along side the road.

Burma Shave

Many of you are too young to remember these, but they were fun and true.

How many of you remember these signs??

For those of you who never saw the Burma Shave signs, here is a quick lesson in our history of the 1930s, '40's and '50's. Before the 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. Some examples are:

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

ITS A 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 ITS 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 HIGH

AND SO WAS HE.

***Burma Shave***

all time favorite...

PASSING SCHOOL ZONE

TAKE IT SLOW

LET OUR LITTLE

SHAVERS GROW

***Burma Shave***