A group of Texas A&M Aggies and a
group
of Harvard students had been deadlocked in a spelling bee for an

entire week. At the end of the contest the score was tied and the judges

had a dilemma. They told the contestants that each group was to
quickly
come up with a poem using the word ‘Timbuktu.’ Well the
Aggiess
started laughing the minute the word was uttered but Harvard
just smiled and
prepared their short rhyme. One Harvard student stood
up and for his
group recited ‘Through the desert all night we ride
on camels walking
two by two, Destination Timbuktu.’ Well the
crowd politely applauded –
they knew the Aggies couldnt beat that and
the Aggies just continued
laughing throughout the whole process. One
Aggie stopped giggling long
enough to stand and read the team’s
effort. He said, ‘Tim and I, a
hunting went, we came upon three
women in a tent. Since they were three and
we were two, I buk one
and Timbuktu!’