[Brian Gough]

The National Poetry Contest had come down to two semi-finalists, a
Yale graduate, and a Newfoundlander.

They were given a single word, then allowed two minutes to come up
with a poem that contained the word; ' TIMBUKTU '.

The Yale graduate 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 Newfie top that, they
thought.

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

' ME AND TIM A HUNTIN' WENT,
MET T'REE WHORES IN A POP-UP TENT.
DEY WAS T'REE, AND WE WAS TWO,
SO I BUCKED ONE, AND TIMBUKTU. '

The Newfie won hands down.


Brian [/B][/B]