[Chrysler300] Slightly Off-Topic Safe Driving Reminder

[jlsavard@xxxxxxx]

Subject: Burma Shave  Signs

Too bad they're not still around to entertain, and warn our  new young
drivers. 

For those who never  saw any of the BurmaShave signs, here is a
quick lesson in our history of the  1930's and '40's. Before there were
interstates, when everyone drove the old  2 lane roads, BurmaShave 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 BurmaShave, a popular shaving cream.  

Here are more of the actual signs:  



DON'T STICK YOUR ELBOW  
OUT SO FAR 
IT MAY GO HOME 
IN ANOTHER CAR.  
BURMASHAVE  

TRAINS DON'T WANDER  
ALL OVER THE MAP  
'CAUSE NOBODY SITS  
IN THE ENGINEER'S LAP  
BurmaShave  

SHE KISSED THE HAIRBRUSH  
BY MISTAKE 
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS 
HER HUSBAND JAKE  
BurmaShave  

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  
BurmaShave  

BROTHER SPEEDER  
LET'S REHEARSE  
ALL TOGETHER  
GOOD MORNING, NURSE  
BurmaShave  

CAUTIOUS RIDER  
TO HER RECKLESS DEAR  
LET'S HAVE LESS BULL  
AND MORE STEER  
BurmaShave  

SPEED WAS HIGH  
WEATHER WAS NOT  
TIRES WERE THIN  
X MARKS THE SPOT  
BurmaShave  

THE MIDNIGHT RIDE  
OF PAUL FOR BEER  
LED TO A WARMER  
HEMISPHERE 
BurmaShave 

AROUND THE CURVE  
LICKETY-SPLIT  
BEAUTIFUL CAR  
WASN'T IT? 
Burma  Shave 

NO MATTER THE PRICE  
NO MATTER HOW NEW  
THE BEST SAFETY DEVICE  
IN THE CAR IS YOU  
BurmaShave  

A GUY WHO DRIVES  
A CAR WIDE OPEN  
IS NOT THINKIN'  
HE'S JUST HOPIN'  
BurmaShave  

AT INTERSECTIONS  
LOOK EACH WAY  
A HARP SOUNDS NICE  
BUT IT'S HARD TO PLAY  
BurmaShave  

BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL  
EYES ON THE ROAD  
THAT'S THE SKILLFUL  
DRIVER'S CODE  
BurmaShave  

THE ONE WHO DRIVES  
WHEN HE'S BEEN DRINKING  
DEPENDS ON YOU  
TO DO HIS THINKING  
BurmaShave  

CAR IN DITCH  
DRIVER IN TREE  
THE MOON WAS FULL  
AND SO WAS HE.  
Burma  Shave 

PASSING SCHOOL ZONE  
TAKE IT SLOW  
LET OUR LITTLE  
SHAVERS GROW  
BurmaShave  


Do these bring back any old memories?  
If not, you're merely a baby.  
If they do - then you're as old as dirt....  
LIKE ME!  






 
"Be kinder than necessary, for  everyone you
> meet is
> fighting some kind of  battle."
 








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