Linguistic Humor – Timbuktu

The National Poetry Contest had come down to two

semifinalists: a Yale graduate and a redneck from Wyoming.

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: Slowly across the desert sandTrekked a lonely

caravan.Men on camels, two by twoDestination—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 who**s in a

pop up tent.They was three, and we was two,So I bucked one,

and Timbuktu. The redneck won hands down!