Monday 12 May 2008

Bring back Burma Shave

I was thinking about the crisis in Myanmar today and I got sidetracked.
Suddenly, I thought about Burma.
Burma Shave, to be specific.
Somebody came up a terrific idea on one of the Temple message boards around the time of the Pennsylvania primary.
They saw all of the political signs for Obama and Hillary and Dougherty and Farnese on lawns all over the tri-state area and the guy said, "Wouldn't it be great to have signs that say simply, 'Temple Football' and stick it right there on our front lawns?"
Yes it would.
It's that kind of out-of-the-box thinking that we all need to brainstorm in the few months we have to the opener.
The mission: Fill Lincoln Financial Field with as many fans as we can.
Each of us has to do our part.
Since I didn't have or couldn't find a sign that said "Temple Football" I placed my "Let's Go Temple" cardboard sign on a stick and planted it on my lawn.
It's still there.
You could probably google map my house and see it, if you knew where I lived.
This Myanmar thing, though, came straight out of the sky.
Or at least off the front pages of Yahoo News.
Myanmar used to be known as Burma.
When I was a kid, there'd be Burma Shave signs on the sign of the road.
Funny, clever, poetry designed to have you buy the product.
Or at least think about it.
I'm not a poet, but something along the lines of justice and how it will be served on Sept. 9 could be a good place to start.
There's no justice
People say
Justice prevails
Say others;
We'll find out on Sept. 6
Temple football

Wouldn't something along those lines look great on the road to the shore this summer?

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