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08 Aug 2007 17:11 #7698 by DJT
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Start that Car
And come from a far
Skip the rally of the Union
And get on down to the ReUnion

Burma Shave

2007 is here!!

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28 Mar 2007 00:02 #6700 by balinwire
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Don?t despair
If your cars in need
A righteous reward
Will heal your steed

Burma-Shave

Don?t click on the site
A seedy place may be the light
Navigate to ACD
And you future will be bright

Burma-Shave

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27 Mar 2007 14:10 #6688 by DJT
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Don't you go and piddle
While your playin' that fiddle
When a Duesenberg flies by
And throws a stone in your eye
BURMA SHAVE!!!!!!!

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23 Aug 2006 03:10 #5277 by balinwire
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I could not help to change the words to this John McCutcheon 1989 song "The Red Corvette" is a telling of this legend: But with the word Cord instead of Vette----it seems so appropriate,


One morning while reading the paper
In search of a new set of wheels
The classifieds had a most curious ad
In their listing of automobiles.
I read in suspicious amusement
What seemed like a wild stroke of luck
"Cord 812," it said, "low mileage, bright red,
"37" model, 65 bucks."
I was used to my newspaper's typos,
Still I called up that number straightway.
"'Bout that '37 Cord: have you sold that thing yet?"
She said, "No, you're my first call today."
I said, "There's been some mistake in the paper,
They've printed the price wrong somehow."
"Oh no," replied she, "they got that from me."
I said, "Don't sell that thing, I'm leaving now!"

Her address was in part of the city
Where I'd ventured just one time or two
Where the doctors, bank presidents, and lawyers are residents
And the houses are massive and new.
And as I turned up her half-mile driveway
There in the cool of the day
In the sunlight it gleamed: the car of my dreams
Just $65 away.

The interior was done in white leather
It had a 288 V-8
-suicide doors, electric shift
And the tube type radio was great.
There was chrome on the chrome on the bumpers,
An aerodynamic design
Opening windshield, front drive, and it was boggling to me
That for 65 bucks it was mine


Now I expected that this woman was crazy
To sell off this car at that price.
But as we walked down the lane she seemed perfectly sane
She was charming and really quite nice.
And she smiled in such great satisfaction
As she handed me title and keys.
I said, "I've just got to know why you've let this thing go
"What's wrong with this car? Tell me please!"

Says she, "I'll be 60 come Tuesday.
And I've lived here with my husband, Earl.
Well, after 30 years wed and without a word said
He left me for a young teenage girl.
But with his credit cards left here behind him,
I knew that he couldn't get far.
Last night from Florida he sent a wire to me:
"Said, 'I need money, dear, sell the car!'"

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23 Aug 2006 02:53 #5276 by DJT
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One Two Three
Four it's time for ACD
Five Six Seven
These cars are like Heaven
ACD Time!

One Two Three
It's time for ACD
Make sure your car will run
So you don't miss all the fun
ACD Time!

Posted these earlier and went to merge it with the other post and forgot to copy it.... <!-- s:oops: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_redface.gif" alt=":oops:" title="Embarassed" /><!-- s:oops: -->

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22 Aug 2006 23:43 #5275 by balinwire
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Life is not measured in how many breaths you take, but on how many times life leaves you breathless.

Question, What do you call a country that drives pink cars?
Answer, A pink-carnation

Oh well, another bad Burma slogan, here gos,

Cords have a selector lever instead of a shift lever
No mortal knows how they work
But when it shifts under remote control
It's magical to behold
Burma-Shave

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Philippine Sea (June 18, 2006) - A B-2 Stealth Bomber assigned to Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Mo. leads an aerial flight formation during Exercise Valiant Shield 2006. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike group is currently participating in Exercise Valiant Shield along with the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group and the Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group. Valiant Shield focuses on integrated joint training among U.S. military forces, enabling real-world proficiency in sustaining joint forces and in detecting, locating, tracking and engaging units at sea, in the air, on land and cyberspace in response to a range of mission areas. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jordon R. Beesley

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15 Aug 2006 12:28 #5223 by DJT
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Lordy Lordy
The car turned fourty
Nope it's not a Cord
It's only a '66 Ford
Burma-Shave

Happy Birthday to me Galaxie 500 :D

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14 Aug 2006 20:38 #5221 by DJT
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AT&amp;T SBC
Soon they'll see
Why they are broke
'Cause they are a joke
Burma-Shave


Ken's driving his Cord
David flies by in a Ford
Oh NO, it broke
I'm such a YOKE!
Burma-Shave

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Look at my car so new
Under the sky so blue
Here comes a bird
with a flying wet turd
Burma-Shave

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14 Aug 2006 11:55 #5220 by Mike Toole
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HERE ARE SOME SIGNS FOR OUR ANNUAL MEET:

VISIT NOW
AND PLEASE RETURN
HAVE SOME FUN
AND SEE AUBURN
Burma-Shave

DISAGREEMENT
TRUST THE LORD
DRIVE THIS WAY
AND FIND A CORD
Burma-Shave

DITCH THE BOTTLE
DON'T BE BOOZY
AHEAD YOU'LL FIND
THE REAL DUESY
Berma-Shave

ON A TOUR
HAVE A SPREE
JOIN THE FUN
WITH A C D
Burma-Shave

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12 Aug 2006 23:46 #5215 by balinwire
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Shirley Temple lets out a giggle
When Clark Gables wheels wiggle
Greta Garbo undulates
When Gary Coopers wheels gyrate
Burma-Shave

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10 Aug 2006 14:19 #5195 by balinwire
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Between cleaning parts bins and internet design I checked back here at the site. Please have patience, here goes,

Look yonder oh feller
If it's a Duesenberg wish you strive
Someday it will be worth far more
Deader than alive
Burma-Shave

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09 Aug 2006 00:20 #5191 by balinwire
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Whew!

Don't get frantic
When changing a flat
There may be speeding traffic
And you may go splat
Burma-Shave

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08 Aug 2006 13:36 #5188 by DJT
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balinwire wrote: When your at play
Dont hit a bump
Your mother may
Bounce out the trunk
Burma-Shave


ROFL <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: -->


Internet lingo 101
ROFL = roll on floor laughing

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08 Aug 2006 03:35 #5185 by Bill Hummel
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For all of the BURMA SHAVE signs, sorted by year, click here!

www.sff.net/people/teaston/burma.htm

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08 Aug 2006 03:30 #5184 by Bill Hummel
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NEVER DRINK AND DRIVE
IT'S FOR YOUR SAFETY
CAN'T RISK A SPILL
ON THE UPHOLSTERY!
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08 Aug 2006 01:42 #5183 by Chris Summers
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I love the first Burma-Shave rhyme ("tremendous style").
Isn't having too much time on your hands fun? :D

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08 Aug 2006 01:38 #5182 by balinwire
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I you rearrange the 10 letters in the sentence, "I love my Cord", it will spell out = MY LOCO DRIVE

Now you know I really have too much time on my hands!

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06 Aug 2006 01:09 #5170 by balinwire
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Since there no new posts, I'll try again---

The flowing lines
Of tremendous style
Flow sublime
Over every mile
Burma-Shave

When your at play
Dont hit a bump
Your mother may
Bounce out the trunk
Burma-Shave

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04 Aug 2006 01:44 #5161 by balinwire
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Seen the ACD website?
If your running hot
With a bad taillight
You've found the spot
Burma-Shave

My car leaks some oil
They say its a relic
So I lay down some foil
But I refuse to sell it
Burma-Shave

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03 Aug 2006 16:37 #5155 by DJT
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CMHSDuesy wrote: :D I need to write that one down. :D


<!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: --> shhhhhhhhhh I drive fords and work at a ford dealer tooo

Is that a L-29?
Thought the drunkin swine
As the L-29
Drove over his bottle of wine
Burma-Shave

Pretty pretty Auburn
All dressed in red
I wish you were mine
But as an L-29
Burma-Shave

I lost it.......... I can no longer think
Cord / Ford is my favorite thus far

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03 Aug 2006 15:06 #5154 by Chris Summers
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djturner wrote: He wanted a CORD
She wanted a FORD
"Oh good LORD",
as he walked out the door
Burma-Shave


:D I need to write that one down. :D

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03 Aug 2006 13:51 #5153 by DJT
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He wanted a CORD
She wanted a FORD
"Oh good LORD",
as he walked out the door
Burma-Shave

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03 Aug 2006 03:26 #5152 by Chris Summers
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HE HAD THE RING
HE HAD THE FLAT
BUT SHE FELT HIS CHIN
AND THAT WAS THAT
Burma-Shave

:D

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15 Jul 2006 15:34 #5083 by Bill Hummel
BURMA SHAVE SIGNS was created by Bill Hummel
Those Grand Old Burma Shave Road Signs


Remember these?

For those who never saw any of the Burma Shave signs, here is a quick lesson in our history of the 1930s and '40s.

Before there were interstate highways, when everyone drove the old 2 lane roads, Burma Shave signs would be posted all over the countryside in farmers' fields. They were small red signs with white letters. Five signs, about 100 feet apart, each containing 1 line of a 4 line couplet...... and the obligatory 5th sign advertising Burma Shave, a popular shaving cream.

TRAINS DON'T WANDER
ALL OVER THE MAP
'CAUSE NOBODY SITS
IN THE ENGINEER'S LAP
Burma Shave


SHE KISSED THE HAIRBRUSH
BY MISTAKE
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS
HER HUSBAND JAKE
Burma Shave


DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD
TO GAIN A MINUTE
YOU NEED YOUR HEAD
YOUR BRAINS ARE IN IT
Burma Shave


DROVE TOO LONG
DRIVER SNOOZING
WHAT HAPPENED
NEXT IS NOT AMUSING
Burma Shave


BROTHER SPEEDER
LET'S REHEARSE
ALL TOGETHER
GOOD MORNING, NURSE
Burma Shave


CAUTIOUS RIDER
TO HER RECKLESS DEAR
LET'S HAVE LESS BULL
AND MORE STEER
Burma Shave


SPEED WAS HIGH
WEATHER WAS NOT
TIRES WERE THIN
X MARKS THE SPOT
Burma Shave


THE MIDNIGHT RIDE
OF PAUL FOR BEER
LED TO A WARMER
HEMISPHERE
Burma Shave


AROUND THE CURVE
LICKETY-SPLIT
BEAUTIFUL CAR
WASN'T IT?
Burma Shave


NO MATTER THE PRICE
NO MATTER HOW NEW
THE BEST SAFETY DEVICE
IN THE CAR IS YOU
Burma Shave


A GUY WHO DRIVES
A CAR WIDE OPEN
IS NOT THINKIN'
HE'S JUST HOPIN'
Burma Shave


AT INTERSECTIONS
LOOK EACH WAY
A HARP SOUNDS NICE
BUT IT'S HARD TO PLAY
Burma Shave


BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL
EYES ON THE ROAD
THAT'S THE SKILLFUL
DRIVER'S CODE
Burma Shave


THE ONE WHO DRIVES
WHEN HE'S BEEN DRINKING
DEPENDS ON YOU
TO DO HIS THINKING
Burma Shave


CAR IN DITCH
DRIVER IN TREE
THE MOON WAS FULL
AND SO WAS HE.
Burma Shave


PASSING SCHOOL ZONE
TAKE IT SLOW
LET OUR LITTLE
SHAVERS GROW
Burma Shave


DON'T STICK YOUR ELBOW
OUT SO FAR
IT MAY GO HOME
IN ANOTHER CAR.
Burma Shave


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