Country Nights

[dukealien]

BE FIRST TO DIM

YOUR HEADLIGHTS SO

OUR SHERIFF KNOWS

WHO'S SOBER AND

WHICH ONES ARE TOURISTS

BURMA-SHAVE©

[Achebe]

Nice
Does Burma Shave still exist? I know of it from Bill Bryson'sbooks

[RiverNotch]

OH GOODNESS ME SPOILER POETRY
absolutely more of this

[Erthona]

A nice stab at humor.

Is Burma Shave, shaving soap? I've always used the mug and brush method. I do not like foam in a can at all.

Best,

dale

[dukealien]

In case anyone really *does* want to try his hand at these, there are several "complete" lists of Burma-Shave© jingles online.   Check them out - some (maybe all) are both clever and wickedly funny.

My attempt (which came to mind while driving early one morning in rural North Carolina) is not a properly formed example.  As with haiku, there is a format (the panels) and a few required themes (traffic safety - often in regard to railroad crossings - and the romantic advantages of a clean shave using the product), one of which mine arguably includes.  But rhyming is also mandatory.

@Erthona & @Achebe - yes, it's shaving soap - the original product was brushless, i.e. came in a collapsing tube like toothpaste [but larger].   There is now a nostalgia version sold, but it is, oddly, brushed rather than brushless.  Maybe it smells the same.

@river notch - yeah, but I could only remember three levels of hidden - they don't work if you nest the same one.  Need 5 levels for a 6-panel jingle.  Even with 3 levels, the system seems to churn for a few seconds organizing before the first display in Preview.

Glad you enjoyed it.