Aussie poetry competitio
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Subject: FW: AUSSIE POETRY COMPETITION
The aboriginal won hands down.
The Australian Poetry Competition had
come down to two finalists - a university
come down to two finalists - a university
graduate and an old aboriginal. They
were given a word, then allowed two
were given a word, then allowed two
minutes to study the word and come
up with a poem that contained the word.
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
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.
could the old man top that, they
thought.
The aboriginal calmly made
his way to the microphone and recited:
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.
