# 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:** 3
**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, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/41 "1999-11-05T20:19:00Z")
The ad is good. The rhymes are many. I went to the store and could not find any. 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, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/42 "1999-11-05T20:19:00Z")
A dead celeb? We’ll dance the hora Arm in arm With Phil and Flora. 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, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/43 "1999-11-05T20:21:00Z")
Golfers go and. Golfers come there is only one Flora So lets all drink some rum. 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, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/44 "1999-11-05T20:22:00Z")
No shaving cream Near check-out lines Went outta business Buying signs 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, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/45 "1999-11-05T20:27:00Z")
I think I’ve found, My second wind, I think I’ll now, Go get ginned. 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, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/46 "1999-11-05T20:29:00Z")
Uncle Beer has the right idea Once a second wind is found. The time is right to go drink a round. 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, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/47 "1999-11-05T20:29:00Z")
I shave and scrape My blues away The only Rum I need Is Bay. 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, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/48 "1999-11-05T20:29:00Z")
You can’t find, Burma Shave? Here’s a link, Now behave. BURMA-SHAVE [http://www.asrco.com/consumerproducts/branded/images/burmashave/Default.htm](http://www.asrco.com/consumerproducts/branded/images/burmashave/Default.htm) * * * **Dopeler effect:** The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. ---
**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, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/49 "1999-11-05T20:31:00Z")
Damn this is fun. His whiskered chin She judged a crime And sentenced him To the five and dime BURMA-SHAVE * * * 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, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/50 "1999-11-05T20:35:00Z")
I think this thread, Has caught fire, With some luck, It won’t expire. 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, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/51 "1999-11-05T20:35:00Z")
I went to that link. I saw all their stuff. After shopping with them. My face will never be rough. 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, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/52 "1999-11-05T20:41:00Z")
UncleBeer! That’s the best by far! I’m headin’ there now To buy a jar! [of] BURMA-SHAVE * * * Uke ---
**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, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/53 "1999-11-05T20:53:00Z")
An email I just wrote. Was written in Burma verse. When I get the reply. How i hate to see a good friend curse. 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 5, 1999, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/54 "1999-11-05T20:57:00Z")
Oh, Alpha, dear– Your rhyme (or prose?) Just made my tea Go up my nose! So next that Celebs “go south” I’ll tip my hat And shut my mouth 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, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/55 "1999-11-05T20:57:00Z")
Guess what folks, This is catching, Soon our friends, Will be retching. BURMA-SHAVE (sorry 'bout the return to vomiting) ---
**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, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/56 "1999-11-05T20:57:00Z")
A second wind is fine and well if it’s not the kind you smell ---
**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, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/57 "1999-11-05T21:05:00Z")
Poor Manhattan. He will get the shakes. If no New Yorker deigns To go drink lakes. BURMA-SHAVE ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/58 "1999-11-05T21:24:00Z")
That American look clean-cut and true Is what it took To make me kiss you Burma Shave * * * La franchise ne consiste pas à dire tout ce que l’on pense, mais à penser tout ce que l’on dit. H. de Livry ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/59 "1999-11-05T21:26:00Z")
Can’t rhyme enough To keep up with y’all Don’t want to muff My career call ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568/60 "1999-11-05T21:31:00Z")
A bit late to barge in, Is one who admires Your eloquent wit: The Coldest of Fires ! BURMA-SHAVE [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-eutychus-permission-i-humbly-present-brain-games-5-burma-shave/12568.md?page=4)