http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/05/15/roadside-poetry-lives-on/ Just another Blogs.reuters.com weblog Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:11:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/05/15/roadside-poetry-lives-on/#comment-181902 Robert Basler Sat, 19 May 2007 19:34:58 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/05/15/roadside-poetry-lives-on/#comment-181902 Hah. Once, on a trip to Burma - before it was Myanmar - I wandered the streets of Rangoon early one morning with my camera, in search of an outdoor sidewalk barber, which is a common sight in many Asian cities. I found one, shot a photo of a guy getting a shave, and tried to get Reuters to use it with a "Burma shave" caption, but nobody even understood what I was talking about. Hah. Once, on a trip to Burma - before it was Myanmar - I wandered the streets of Rangoon early one morning with my camera, in search of an outdoor sidewalk barber, which is a common sight in many Asian cities. I found one, shot a photo of a guy getting a shave, and tried to get Reuters to use it with a “Burma shave” caption, but nobody even understood what I was talking about.

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/05/15/roadside-poetry-lives-on/#comment-181889 Jen Sat, 19 May 2007 18:30:40 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/05/15/roadside-poetry-lives-on/#comment-181889 Now, now. Watch it on these cracks about those born after the 50s! I've always gotten a kick out the Burma-Shave ads (although I've not seen them very often in anything more than old photos and stories). Now, now. Watch it on these cracks about those born after the 50s! I’ve always gotten a kick out the Burma-Shave ads (although I’ve not seen them very often in anything more than old photos and stories).

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