09-13-2005, 04:05 PM
The National Poetry Contest had come down to the final two contestants, a Yale
graduate and a redneck from Texas. They were given a word, then they were
allowed two minutes to study the word and come up with a poem that contained
the word. The word that 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 women in a pop up tent.
They was three, and we was two,
So I bucked one, and Timbuktu.
graduate and a redneck from Texas. They were given a word, then they were
allowed two minutes to study the word and come up with a poem that contained
the word. The word that 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 women in a pop up tent.
They was three, and we was two,
So I bucked one, and Timbuktu.