Hobgoblin Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Back in the 40's and 50s, Burma Shave, an American shaving cream company had a very successful advertizing campaign, using small red billboards along highways that would progress one line at a time as the driver went by. The last billboard would always say "Burma Shave". An example: He tried To cross As fast train neared Death didn't draft him He volunteered Burma-Shave I thought up a clever one for Pattaya, and thought I'd share it with you all. If anyone else can think up any, post em! In a bar a man sits Blackout will come soon Continually beers flow Thirty-five before noon Burma Shave -H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumpole Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Thank you, Mr. Trink. Don't call us, we'll call you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edh Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldAsiaHand Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 (edited) Your post really brought back childhood memories. I haven't seen any Burma Shave signs since I left the backroads of Texas behind forty years ago. I always thought the signs were homegrown there. Did you see them someplace else? Edited August 27, 2005 by OldAsiaHand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxexile Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 I thought up a clever one for Pattaya, and thought I'd share it with you all. If anyone else can think up any, post em! a reminder from the grave about a sign for burma shave ?? nah! just another old geezer having a siezure on thai visa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayo Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Courtesy of Tom Waits. Burma Shave licorice tattoo turned a gun metal blue scrawled across the shoulders of a dying town the one eyed jacks across the railroad tracks and the scar on its belly pulled a stranger passing through he was a juvenile delinquent never learned how to behave but the cops would never think to look in burma shave and the road was like a ribbon and the moon was like a bone he didn't seem to be like any guy she'd ever known he kinda looked like farley granger with his hair slicked back she says i'm a sucker for a fella in a cowboy hat how far are you going he said depends on what you mean he says i'm going thataway just as long as it's paved i guess you'd say i'm on my way to burma shave and her knees up on the glove compartment took out her barrettes and her hair spilled out like rootbeer and she popped her gum and arched her back ###### marysville ain't nothing but a wide spot in the road some night my heart pounds just like thunder i don't know why it don't explode cause everyone in this stinking town has got one foot in the grave and i'd rather take my chances out in burma shave presley's what i go by why don't you change the station count the grain elevators in the rearview mirror mister anywhere you point this thing has got to beat the ###### out of the sting of going to bed with every dream that dies here every mornin and so drill me a hole with a barber pole i'm jumping my parole just like a fugitive tonight why don't you have another swig and pass that car if you're so brave i wanna get there before the sun comes up in burma shave and the spider web crack and the mustang screamed smoke from the tires and the twisted machine just a nickel's worth of dreams and every wishbone that they saved lie swindled from them on the way to burma shave and the sun hit the derrick and cast a bat wing shadow up against the car door on the shot gun side and when they pulled her from the wreck you know she still had on her shades they say that dreams are growing wild just this side of burma shave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxexile Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 http://grantmcl.tripod.com/burmashave.html that website will bring tears to the eyes of any burma shave-o-maniacs history , pictures , nostalgia and even a burma shave radio jukebox. for the obsessed only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Sounds like the sort of thing the Thais do ( put up signs along the road )when there is a temple fair on...don't know if the messages on them rhyme though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbo Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Never heard of it. Did you get your money back if it didn't shave closer than a blade ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loong Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Burma Shave? Is that the Asian version of a Brazilian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerryd Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 Burma Shave?Is that the Asian version of a Brazilian? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Nah, the Brazilian leaves a thin strip, the Burma takes it all off ! (or so I've heard !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loong Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 So it's the same same as the difference between a gogo Bar that pays the MIB and one that doesn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobgoblin Posted September 1, 2005 Author Share Posted September 1, 2005 I thought up a few more... A bad episode Was had In a short time room He's now being collected By the Sawang Boriboon Burma Shave A rash obtained From short time room A trip to the chemist Cometh real soon Burma Shave Beach Road At night DVDs galore VHS quality Like days of yore Burma Shave Fat farang In a speedo Ass cheeks are seen Thai people too polite To say it's obscene Burma Shave Police report Gambling ring caught All cash into pockets Except 20 Baht Burma Shave File a report Police force Reviews Tomorrow night You're on the news Burma Shave Go-go bar tipped off Police near the scene Only two dancers Are over Eightteen Burma Shave Local news Airs a clip Your passport is shown Alert to all crooks Your details are known Burma Shave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Pat Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 haha very funny indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyNameIsFarang Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 Thaivisa posters deserve a smacking. The humour's weak and rhyme-scheme's lacking. Burma Shave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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