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Some Background
For those not familiar with the Burma Shave signs of years past: Burma Shave was a shaving cream product which featured a novel advertising method. They placed small signs on the roads, spaced about 50 yards apart, in groups of 5 or 6. Motorists reading them would be rewarded with a somewhat humorous or philosophical ending at the fourth or fifth sign and then a reminder that it was brought to them by Burma Shave at the last sign. Folklore has it that the campaign saved a failing company. When reading the examples below, pause a few seconds between each line to get the same effect motorists used to enjoy.
You can see more examples at the Burma Shave Slogans site.
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Prince of Friskers Lost Five Wives But Kept His Whiskers Burma Shave |
From Whiskey Don't Drive 'Cause It's Risky Burma Shave |
In The Human Race Can Have A Million-dollar Face With Burma Shave |
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Down The Hatch But Coughed Him Up Because He Scratched Burma Shave |
Driver In Tree Moon Was Full And So Was He Burma Shave |
To Do And Say The Nastiest Things In The Nicest Way Burma Shave |
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Grunt and Grumble Rant and Rave Shoot The Brute Some Burma Shave |
Her Pucker Paint Better Drive Where Traffic Ain't Burma Shave |
To Romeo If You Won't Shave Go Homeo Burma Shave |
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A Maiden's Prayer Is Not A Chin Of Stubby Hair Burma Shave |
To Gain A Minute You Need Your Head Your Brains Are In It Burma Shave |
Lickety Split Beautiful Car Wasn't it! Burma Shave |
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Bright Lights That Shine If You Won't Dim Yours I Won't Dim Mine Burma Shave |
With Lots of Fuzz But Man's No Peach And Never Was Burma Shave |
A Man That's Now Alive Who Passed On Hills At Seventy-five Burma Shave |
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Whose Signs These Are U Can't Have Driven Very Far Burma Shave |
Whistle Squealing Pause Avoid That Run Down Feeling Burma Shave |
You'll Love Her Paw You'll Even Love Your Mother-in-law If You Use Burma Shave |
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He Wed Lead Out a Whoop Felt His Chin And Flew The Coop Burma Shave |
Was Stiff And Coarse And That's What Caused His Fifth Divorce Burma Shave |
Met Anna Made a Hit Neglected Beard Ben-Anna Split Burma Shave |
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