Burma Shave™
/ˈbɜːmə ʃeɪv/
/ˈbɜːrmə ʃeɪv/
- a US make of cream used on the face when shaving. Between 1926 and 1963 the Burma-Vita Company advertised it on a series of small signs along roads. Each sign in a group had a few words printed on it, and the whole group, read in sequence, formed a short humorous poem. At one time there were 35 000 of these. One was:
剃须时使用的美国制造的面霜。在1926年至1963年之间，缅甸维塔公司在道路上的一系列小标志上做广告。一组中的每个标志都印有几个单词，整个组按顺序阅读，构成一首简短的幽默诗。一次有35000个。一个是：