[lfjokes] poetry competition

[Adam Shand]

From: mikem at alaska.net

The National Poetry Contest had come down to two semifinalists, a Yale
graduate and a redneck from Perryville.  They were given a word, then
allowed two minutes to study the word and come up with a poem that
contained the word.  The word they were given was Timbuktu.

First to recite his poem was the Yale graduate.  He stepped to the
microphone and said:

      Slowly across the desert sand
      Trekked a lonely caravan
      Men on camels
      Two by Two
      Destination Timbuktu.

The crowd went crazy!  No way could the redneck top that, they thought.

The redneck calmly made his way to the microphone and recited:

      Me and Tim a huntin' went
      Met three whores in a pop-up tent
      They was three, and we was two
      So I bucked one, and Timbuktu.

The redneck won.