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Aussie poetry competition

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LawrenceRatnam@aol.com	14:57 (16 hours ago)
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Subject: FW: AUSSIE POETRY COMPETITION
 

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 was ' TIMBUKTU '.

First to read 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 man top that, they 
thought. 

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

" Me and Tim a huntin' went, 

Met three whores in a pop up tent; 

They were three, and we were two, 

So I bucked one, and tim buktu."

The aboriginal won hands down.