The Australian Poetry Competition had come down to two finalists, a
> university graduate and an old aboriginal man.
>
> They were given a word, and then allowed two minutes to think about it
> then come up with a short poem that contained that word.
>
> The word they were given was **'TIMBUKTU'***
>
> First to recite his poem was the university graduate.
>
> He stepped up 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.
>
> The old 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 was two**
> **So I bucked one, and Timbuktu**
>
> *The aboriginal won