Just for fun … the philosophy of Burma Shave. (Course code: PHI US-66 at Harvard)

Continued from another thread.

Roger’s comment:

“I was going to try and wax even more philosophical about this, but it all just came down to the effects of the passage of time, which is something you become used to with…um…the passage of time. Darn, I really need to work on my profundity. Perhaps I could take lessons from UncleScoopy. His work in the medium of Burma Shave signs is a thing for the ages.”

My notes:

Philosophy and Burma Shave signs are extremely compatible. Here are some of the some famous five-sign sequences:

Plato wanted

Lust hedonic

But his beard

Kept her Platonic

Burma Shave

‘Twas other people

Gave Sartre trouble

Especially those

With three-day stubble

Burma Shave

When Beckett let

His whiskers grow

She said she’d wait

To kiss Godot

Burma Shave

One thought on “Just for fun … the philosophy of Burma Shave. (Course code: PHI US-66 at Harvard)

  1. In political campaigning a ‘burma shave’ is when supporters of a candidate stand or walk on a sidewalk holding up signs to be seen by passing motorists.

Comments are closed.