The finals of the national poetry contest last year came down to 2
finalists. One was a Melbourne University Law School graduate from an
upper-crust family. The other finalist was a South Wantirna TAFE.
The rules of the contest required each finalist to compose a four-line
poem in one minute or less, and the poem had to contain the word
"Timbuktu".
The Melbourne Uni grad went first. About 30 seconds after the clock
started, he jumped up and recited the following:
"Slowly across the desert sand,
Trekked the dusty caravan.
Men on camels, two by two,
Destination - Timbuktu."
The audience went wild. How, they wondered, could the bogan top that?
The clock started again and the second contestant sat in silent
thought. Finally in the last few seconds, he jumped up and recited:
"Tim and me, a-huntin' went,
Met three sluts in a pop-up tent.
They were three and we were two,
So I bucked one, and Timbuktu."
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