Subj : Re: Todays Classic Ad
To   : Charles Pierson
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sat Oct 03 2020 16:56:00

Charles,


 AA> On 02/10/2020 1:01 a.m., Daryl Stout : All wrote:
 ??>>  On this day...
 ??>>     His brush is gone
 ??>>     So what'll we do
 ??>>     Said Mike Robe I
 ??>>     To Mike Robe II
 ??>>     Burma-Shave
 AA> I don't get it.  Is it a play on microbe?  If so, it's still
 AA> weird.

 CP> Burma shave ads often were.
  
  It's a shame there weren't more. Those who managed to acquire
all those wooden sign boards of them have collectors items now.

  My favorite was (something like this):

"At Ease!!" She said;
Maneuvers Begin.
When Those Whiskers Are
Off Of Your Chin.
Burma-Shave.

  As for me, I like having the salt and pepper beard, moustache,
and sideburns...as it make me look like Santa Claus (the beard,
moustache, and sideburns are more salt than pepper), and it gets
me "senior citizen discounts". <G>

Daryl

.... Never stand between a dog and a fire hydrant.
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