| Timbuktu
The National Poetry Contest had come down to two semifinalists; a Yale graduate and a redneck from Texas. 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:
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 done buck one,
and Timbuktu
The redneck won hands down.
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