04-04-2017, 05:27 AM
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.
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.
Non-practicing atheist