How many of you remember taking road trips
with your family back in the '50's? Now, we are talking way back to
2 lane roads even before interstates existed. We could hardly
wait for the next Burma Shave sign to appear as we sat looking out the
windows. Remember those signs? There were small red signs with
white writing & were placed about 100 ft. apart. They were posted
all along the countryside on the sides of the roads and in farmers'
fields. Remember how we wanted to be the first one in the car to see
what the punch line would be. At one time there were over
7,000 signs across the U.S. The year 1963 brought the end to new
Burma Shave signs.
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IS HE LONESOME
OR
JUST BLIND -
THIS GUY WHO DRIVES
SO
CLOSE BEHIND?
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PASSING CARS
WHEN YOU CAN'T
SEE
MAY GET YOU A
GLIMPSE
OF ETERNITY
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DRINKING DRIVERS -
NOTHING
WORSE
THEY PUT THE
QUART
BEFORE THE HEARSE
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DIM YOUR LIGHTS
BEHIND A CAR
LET FOLKS SEE
HOW BRIGHT YOU ARE
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THIRTY DAYS
HATH SEPTEMBER
APRIL
JUNE AND
THE SPEED OFFENDER
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ANGELS
WHO GUARD YOU
WHEN YOU DRIVE
USUALLY RETIRE AT 65
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THE BLACKENED FOREST
SMOLDERS
YET
BECAUSE HE
FLIPPED
A CIGARETTE
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FOREST FIRES
START FROM SCRATCH
SO THINK
BEFORE
YOU
TOSS THAT MATCH
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DROWSY?
JUST REMEMBER, PARD
THAT MARBLE SLAB
IS DOGGONE
HARD
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DON'T TRY PASSING
ON A SLOPE
UNLESS YOU
HAVE
A PERISCOPE
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THE ONE WHO
DRIVES
WHEN
HE'S BEEN DRINKING
DEPENDS ON YOU
TO DO HIS THINKING
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IF DAISIES ARE
YOUR
FAVORITE FLOWER
KEEP PUSHIN' UP
THOSE
MILES-PER-HOUR
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SLOW DOWN, PA
SAKES ALIVE
MA MISSED SIGNS
FOUR AND FIVE
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CAUTIOUS RIDER
TO HER RECKLESS DEAR
LET'S HAVE LESS BULL
AND MORE STEER
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CATTLE CROSSING
MEANS GO
SLOW
THAT OLD BULL IS SOME
COW'S BEAU
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DINAH DOESN'T
TREAT HIM RIGHT
BUT IF HE'D
SHAVE
DYNA-MITE!
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PASSING
SCHOOL ZONE
TAKE IT SLOW
LET OUR LITTLE
SHAVERS GROW
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SAID FARMER BROWN
WHO'S
BALD ON TOP
WISH I
COULD
ROTATE THE CROP
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SUBSTITUTES
CAN LET YOU
DOWN
QUICKER THAN A
STRAPLESS GOWN
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THIS COOLING SHAVE
WILL NEVER
FAIL
TO STAMP ITS
USER
FIRST CLASS MALE
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GRANDPA KNOWS
IT AIN'T TOO
LATE
HE'S GONE TO GIT
SOME WIDDER BAIT
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TRAINS
DON'T WANDER
ALL OVER THE MAP
'CAUSE NOBODY SITS IN THE
ENGINEER'S LAP
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TO CHANGE THAT
SHAVING
JOB TO JOY
YOU GOTTA USE
THE REAL McCOY
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THE MONKEY TOOK ONE
LOOK AT
JIM AND
THREW THE PEANUTS
BACK AT
HIM HE NEEDED
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SUBSTITUTES
ARE LIKE A GIRDLE
THEY FIND SOME JOBS
THEY JUST
CAN'T HURDLE
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It GAVE MCDONALD
THAT NEEDED CHARM
HELLO HOLLYWOOD
GOOD-BY FARM
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TEMPTED TO TRY IT?
FOLLOW YOUR HUNCH
BE "TOP BANANA"
NOT ONE
OF THE BUNCH
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OTHERS CLAIM
THEIR PRODUCT
GOOD
BUT OURS
DOES
WHAT
YOU THINK IT SHOULD
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USE OUR CREAM
AND WE
BETCHA
GIRLS WON'T WAIT
THEY'LL
COME
AND GETCHA
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THIS CREAM MAKES THE
GARDENER'S DAUGHTER
PLANT HER TU-LIPS
WHERE SHE
OUGHTER
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DEAR LOVER BOY,
YOUR PHOTO CAME
BUT YOUR DOGGONE
BEARD
WON'T FIT THE FRAME
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HE ASKED HIS KITTEN
TO PET AND PURR
SHE EYED HIS PUSS
AND SCREAMED
"WHAT FUR!"
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THIS CREAM IS
LIKE
A PARACHUTE
THERE
ISN'T
ANY SUBSTITUTE
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THIS WILL NEVER
COME TO
PASS
A BACK-SEAT
DRIVER
OUT OF GAS
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DON'T LOSE
YOUR HEAD
TO GAIN A MINUTE
YOU NEED YOUR HEAD
YOUR BRAINS ARE IN IT
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DON'T LEAVE SAFETY
TO MERE CHANCE
THAT'S WHY
BELTS ARE ALL
SOLD WITH PANTS
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AT A QUIZ PA AIN'T
NO WHIZ
BUT HE KNOWS HOW
TO KEEP MA HIS
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THE HERO WAS
BRAVE AND
STRONG AND
WILLIN' SHE FELT HIS
CHIN
- THEN WED THE
VILLAIN
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THE DRAFTEE TRIED A
TUBE
AND PURRED
WELL WHADDYA
KNOW
I'VE BEEN DEFURRED
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BROTHER SPEEDER
LET'S REHEARSE
ALL TOGETHER
GOOD MORNING, NURSE
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MEN WITH
WHISKERS
'NEATH THEIR NOSES
OUGHTA
HAVE TO KISS
LIKE
ESKIMOSES
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DROVE TOO LONG
DRIVER SNOOZING
WHAT HAPPENED
NEXT IS NOT AMUSING
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DON'T LEAVE SAFETY
TO MERE CHANCE
THAT'S WHY BELTS
ARE
SOLD
WITH PANTS
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MANY A FOREST USED
TO
STAND WHERE A
LIGHTED
MATCH
GOT OUT OF HAND
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HE LIT A MATCH
GO CHECK GAS
TANK
THAT'S WHY THEY CALL
HIM
SKINLESS FRANK
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