Niel Hoback Posted April 29, 2015 Report Posted April 29, 2015 The Whale Put Jonah Down The Hatch But tossed Him Up Because He Scratched Burma Shave Quote
Don Coatney Posted April 29, 2015 Report Posted April 29, 2015 The Verse by the Side of the Road Car in ditch Driver in tree Moon was full And so Was he Quote
Young Ed Posted April 29, 2015 Report Posted April 29, 2015 Around the curve Lickety split Its a beautiful car wasn't it Quote
Don Coatney Posted April 29, 2015 Report Posted April 29, 2015 The place to pass on curves you know is only at A beauty show Quote
Ulu Posted April 29, 2015 Report Posted April 29, 2015 (edited) I can remember as a kid reading rusty old Burma-shave signs, way out in the desert, long after they were gone everywhere else. There was something else too...some similar roadside ad signs that you saw along the highways, hawking some product or other. I don't remember what they sold, but they were little steel signs which people evidently liked for target practice. Lots of them were a bit shot up. Edited April 29, 2015 by Ulu Quote
TodFitch Posted April 29, 2015 Report Posted April 29, 2015 From 1939: At crossroads don't just trust to luck the other car may be a truck Burma-Shave From 1950: Twinkle, twinkle One-eyed car We all wonder where you are Burma-Shave From 1963: Don't lose your head to gain a minute you need you head your brains are in it Burma-Shave Quote
Niel Hoback Posted April 29, 2015 Author Report Posted April 29, 2015 We Don't Know How To Split An Atom But As To Whiskers Let Us At 'em Burma Shave Quote
Niel Hoback Posted April 29, 2015 Author Report Posted April 29, 2015 The book is called "The verse by the side of the road". By Frank Rowsome Jr. SBN 0-525-47191. Quote
Don Coatney Posted April 29, 2015 Report Posted April 29, 2015 The book is called "The verse by the side of the road". By Frank Rowsome Jr. SBN 0-525-47191. Also available online. Quote
Jeff Balazs Posted May 2, 2015 Report Posted May 2, 2015 How about the song " a place called Burma Shave" by Tom Waits? Surely it belongs here? Jeff Quote
Don Coatney Posted May 2, 2015 Report Posted May 2, 2015 How about the song " a place called Burma Shave" by Tom Waits? Surely it belongs here? Jeff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wyTLUqnoG8 Quote
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