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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 587069" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Burma Shave signs.</strong></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>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 &</strong>,<strong>50'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.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #000000"><strong>T hey 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.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #000000"><strong>Here are more of the actual signs:</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">DON'T STICK YOUR ELBOW </span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">OUT SO FAR </span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">IT MAY GO HOME </span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">IN ANOTHER CAR. </span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #000000">BURMA SHAVE</span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">TRAINS DON'T WANDER </span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">ALL OVER THE MAP </span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">'CAUSE NOBODY SITS </span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">IN THE ENGINEER'S LAP </span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #000000">Burma Shave</span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">SHE KISSED THE HAIRBRUSH </span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">BY MISTAKE </span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">SHE THOUGHT IT WAS </span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">HER HUSBAND JAKE </span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #000000">Burma Shave </span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD </span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">TO GAIN A MINUTE </span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">YOU NEED YOUR HEAD </span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">YOUR BRAINS ARE IN IT </span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #000000">Burma Shave</span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 587069, member: 1246"] [FONT=Helvetica][SIZE=3][B]Burma Shave signs.[/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=5][B]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 &[/B],[B]50'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.[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#000000][B]T hey 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.[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#000000][B]Here are more of the actual signs:[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][B][SIZE=5][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]DON'T STICK YOUR ELBOW [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][B][SIZE=5][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]OUT SO FAR [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][B][SIZE=5][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]IT MAY GO HOME [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][B][SIZE=5][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]IN ANOTHER CAR. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]BURMA SHAVE[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][B][SIZE=5][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]TRAINS DON'T WANDER [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][B][SIZE=5][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]ALL OVER THE MAP [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][B][SIZE=5][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]'CAUSE NOBODY SITS [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][B][SIZE=5][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]IN THE ENGINEER'S LAP [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]Burma Shave[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][B][SIZE=5][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]SHE KISSED THE HAIRBRUSH [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][B][SIZE=5][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]BY MISTAKE [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][B][SIZE=5][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]SHE THOUGHT IT WAS [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][B][SIZE=5][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]HER HUSBAND JAKE [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]Burma Shave [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][B][SIZE=5][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][B][SIZE=5][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]TO GAIN A MINUTE [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][B][SIZE=5][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]YOU NEED YOUR HEAD [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][B][SIZE=5][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]YOUR BRAINS ARE IN IT [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=4][COLOR=#000000]Burma Shave[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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