The National Poetry Contest had come down to two semifinalists:
A Yale graduate and a Newfoundlander. They were given a single word and then were allowed two minutes to come up with a poem that contained the word. The word given was "Timbuktu".

First to recite his poem was the Yale 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 Newfie top that, they thought... The newfie calmly made his way to the microphone and recited:

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

The newfie won, hands down.