# With Eutychus' permission, I humbly present Brain Games #5: Burma Shave **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 5, 1999, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568 "1999-11-05T15:23:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/21 "1999-11-05T17:56:00Z")
## While Mullinator does a slow burn I’m overjoyed at Flora’s return. Livin’ on Tums, Vitamin E and Rogaine ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 1999, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/22 "1999-11-06T06:39:00Z")
I curse my Dad And curse my Mom. It 'D be nice to have a name That didn’t rhyme with vomit. BURMA SHAVE * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 1999, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/23 "1999-11-06T06:43:00Z")
I enjoy the films of Dick Van Patten. And second the sentiment Of our pal, manhattan. BURMA-SHAVE [It occurs to me suddenly that F McF was right the first time…there’s supposed to be a hyphen in Burma-Shave.] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 1999, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/24 "1999-11-06T06:55:00Z")
Sick of puke rhymes, huh? I drop my work And log on daily, To get my fix of Ukelele. BURMA-SHAVE ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/25 "1999-11-05T19:07:00Z")
Cute poems posted 'Round the pike Nearly fifty per cent by Ukulele Ike BURMA-SHAVE ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/26 "1999-11-05T19:07:00Z")
Unless some others Start to play I’ll fold my tents And steal away BURMA-SHAVE ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/27 "1999-11-05T19:18:00Z")
It looks to me Like Ike and Flo When it comes to rhymes Just steal the show. Burma-Shave ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/28 "1999-11-05T19:23:00Z")
Me-thinks this game has lost it’s steam 'Cept for Flo and Ike the rhyming team. ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/29 "1999-11-05T19:25:00Z")
Razors hurt I can’t find the rope Poison is yucky Thank god for the Staight Dope BURMA-SHAVE (With sincerest Apologies to Dorothy Parker) ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/30 "1999-11-05T19:28:00Z")
I can’t stop reading. I don’t know why. Someones getting fired. I think I might be the guy. BURMA-SHAVE ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/31 "1999-11-05T19:29:00Z")
I’d like to play with Uke and Flo, just can’t seem to make my rhymer go. BURMA-SHAVE * * * **Dopeler effect:** The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/32 "1999-11-05T19:34:00Z")
Your rhymes are swell; Concise and clear! Don’t sell them short, Dear UncleBeer! BURMA-SHAVE ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/33 "1999-11-05T19:42:00Z")
If for this thread Back Flora came Prior stuff was _really_ lame ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/34 "1999-11-05T19:44:00Z")
Manhattan guy you said it well, the recent stuff is terri-bell. BURMA-SHAVE ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/35 "1999-11-05T19:51:00Z")
As for OPs You guys are hacks You wanted Flora I got her back BURMA-SHAVE Okay, well, maybe _I_ didn’t get her back, but she’s here, so enjoy it. * * * And the problem with small furry animals in corners is that, just occasionally, one of them’s a mongoose. Terry Pratchett, _Witches Abroad_ ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/36 "1999-11-05T19:53:00Z")
Some of these, Are pretty lame, What the hell, I’ll take some blame. BURMA-SHAVE ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/37 "1999-11-05T19:58:00Z")
## Where credit’s due We can’t be snide So here’s to you Our friend **Flypsyde** Livin’ on Tums, Vitamin E and Rogaine ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/38 "1999-11-05T20:02:00Z")
These rhmyes are nice The pit’d be super If they rhymed like this but all the flames’d put me in a stupor. BURMA-SHAVE ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/39 "1999-11-05T20:07:00Z")
Three thousand post-ers And we’re the cream Though fewer than A baseball team BURMA-SHAVE * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/40 "1999-11-05T20:12:00Z")
“Flora’s back!”, Alpha cries, “Until another golfer dies…” BURMA SHAVE * * * Back off, man. I’m a scientist. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568.md?page=3)