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The Australian Poetry Competition had come down to two finalists: a
university graduate and an old aboriginal. 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 university 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 old aboriginal top that they
thought.
But the old aboriginal calmly made his way to the microphone and
recited:
Me and Tim a hunting' went
Met three whores in a pop-up tent
They was three, and we was two
So I bucked one, and Timbuktu.
The old aboriginal won.
university graduate and an old aboriginal. 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 university 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 old aboriginal top that they
thought.
But the old aboriginal calmly made his way to the microphone and
recited:
Me and Tim a hunting' went
Met three whores in a pop-up tent
They was three, and we was two
So I bucked one, and Timbuktu.
The old aboriginal won.