Do the bottomless soft-drink refills include sarsparilla?
I'm *never* going to be able to explain the hysterical laughing fit to the housemates. You *do* know that, right?
I looked up Burma Shave. I liked this one:Candidate saysCampaignConfusingBabies kiss meSince I've been usingBurma-ShaveFolks, malfunctioning Blogger is the new haiku!
You are so funny!
for those interested in burma shave jingles, i'd recommend the book the verse by the side of the road by frank rowsome jr.i don't know if it's still in print, but your local library might have a copy, or check a used book store.i'm old enough to remember some of the last burma shave signs that were on u.s. 40 between greenfield and indianapolis during the early 1960s.
Yeah, they disappeared around the time I learned to read. I particularly remember them across Pennsylvania on the way to DC in '62. I even recall a couple. My favorite:I proposed to IdaIda refusedI'da won my IdaIf I'da usedBurma Shave
OK, Riley, what gives? Were you in the path of the tornado? Or are you just in a local-tv-news induced coma? Check in, please.
Do the bottomless soft-drink refills include sarsparilla?
ReplyDeleteI'm *never* going to be able to explain the hysterical laughing fit to the housemates. You *do* know that, right?
ReplyDeleteI looked up Burma Shave. I liked this one:
ReplyDeleteCandidate says
Campaign
Confusing
Babies kiss me
Since I've been using
Burma-Shave
Folks, malfunctioning Blogger is the new haiku!
You are so funny!
ReplyDeletefor those interested in burma shave jingles, i'd recommend the book the verse by the side of the road by frank rowsome jr.
ReplyDeletei don't know if it's still in print, but your local library might have a copy, or check a used book store.
i'm old enough to remember some of the last burma shave signs that were on u.s. 40 between greenfield and indianapolis during the early 1960s.
Yeah, they disappeared around the time I learned to read. I particularly remember them across Pennsylvania on the way to DC in '62. I even recall a couple. My favorite:
ReplyDeleteI proposed to Ida
Ida refused
I'da won my Ida
If I'da used
Burma Shave
OK, Riley, what gives? Were you in the path of the tornado? Or are you just in a local-tv-news induced coma? Check in, please.
ReplyDelete