Burma Shave

I love reading other people's blogs because you never know what you'll learn or what will get jogged in your memory. I dropped by Kevin Tipple's blog and he was talking about commercials for vans with TVs in them to occupy the kids on those long drives. He spoke of reading or looking out the window for amusement. My mind went directly to Burma Shave.

We had a four hour ride several times a year from Jersey to my grandparents home in PA (Thank god my father had the good sense to move back to PA! That ride was a killer, especially crammed in the back seat of the Henry J with my siblings.) One of our boredom relievers was the Burma Shave signs that decorated the roadsides. Wonderful, complete stories in the space of five signs. Here's a sample:

"If daisies
Are your
Favorite flower
Keep pushin' up those
Miles-per hour"

http://burma-shave.org/jingles