Henry the Eighth / Prince of friskers / Lost five wives / But kept / His whiskers

[angevin2]

So yesterday afternoon while slacking off I found a link to a website that contains the full text of all of the Burma-Shave jinglesFor those of you who are under 50, not American, not painfully retro, or some combination of all of these things, this was a series of ads for, shockingly, Burma-Shave, a shaving cream which was, when it first came out

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[fuunsaiki]

I'm 25, English, and contemporary. However, I was also a MASSIVE 'Quantum Leap' fangirl back in the day, so totally know all about Burma Shave. :D

[tekalynn]

Drat, you beat me to a Twelfth Night jingle.

[tekalynn]

"Cesario, your smooth-shaved looks/Outdo a king's or earl's or duke's! Burma Shave"

[tekalynn]

Said Egyptian Queen in Tony's grasp/"Is that your skin or is that an asp?"
Burma Shave

[angevin2]

That's perfect.

I hope you don't mind if I switch to Chaucer...

[rymenhild]

Absolon knew
He'd kissed Nicholas there
Because Alison's face
Was always bare
She used
BURMA SHAVE

Re: I hope you don't mind if I switch to Chaucer...

[rymenhild]

!! I fail. Let me try again, getting the details right this time:

Absolon kissed
some scratchy hair
But Alison's face
Was always bare
She used
BURMA SHAVE
(just not everywhere)

Re: I hope you don't mind if I switch to Chaucer...

[angevin2]

AWESOME.

[tempestsarekind]

Hee. These are great! And Burma-Shave is my new favorite excuse for Cesario's boyish looks. "Diana's lip / Is not more smooth and rubious," indeed.

Okay, here is my poor contribution:

Rosalind put Orlando
In his place
"You have a whole Forest
Of Arden on your face!"
BURMA-SHAVE

[rymenhild]

hee!