I know this isn’t Christmassy, but I needed a laugh. Does anybody remember the old Burma Shave slogans from the 50s (before my time) that they used to put in succession along our U.S. highways? Hope these little slogans tickle your “funny face” liked they tickled mine:
My job is The whale The ladies
Keeping faces clean Put Jonah Take one whiff
And nobody knows Down the hatch And purr–
De stubble But coughed him up It’s no wonder
I’ve seen Because he scratched Men prefer
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Soap My cheek Pat’s bristles
May do Says SHE Scratched
For lads with fuzz Feels smooth as satin Bridget’s nose
But sir, you ain’t Ha! Ha! Says HE That’s when
The kid you wuz That’s mine you’re pattin’ Her wild Irish rose
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I know A chin She put
He’s a wolf Where barbed wire A bullet
Said riding hood Bristles stand Thru his hat
But Grandma dear, Is bound to be But he’s had
He smells so good A no ma’ams land Closer shaves than that
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Dinah doesn’t The hero Within this vale
Treat him right Was brave and strong Of toil
But if he’d And willin’ And sin
Shave She felt his chin– Your head grows bald
Dyna-mite! Then wed the villain But not your chin
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This cooling shave At a quiz Use this cream
Will never fail Pa ain’t A day
To stamp No whiz Or two
Its user But he knows how Then don’t call her–
First class male To keep Ma his She’ll call you
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I’d have loved to have worked for Burma Shave’s advertising department. Weren’t those good? Comments please.
