Wednesday, June 11, 2008

A Lesson On Thinking Outside The Box....

ME AND AND MY FRIEND TIM ENTERED A POETRY CONTEST AND WON! WE BEAT A CAROLINA GRADUATE. WE HAD TO USE THE WORD TIMBUKTU.

THE CAROLINA GRADUATE WENT FIRST. 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 WE COULD TOP THAT.

BUT WE CALMLY MADE OUR WAY TO THE MICROPHONE AND RECITED:


ME AND TIM, A' HUNTIN' WE WENT.
MET THREE GALS IN A POP-UP TENT.
THEY WAS THREE, AND WE WAS TWO.
SO I BUCKED ONE, AND TIMBUKTU.'

WE WON!

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