Timbuktu

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02 Sep 2009, 9:24 am

When I was a kid we had an assignment in poetry. I was tasked to write a poem about Timbuktu. Here it is:

Tim and I a'hunting went
We met three ho-s in a popup tent
The ho-s be three and we be two
So I buck one, and Tim buck two.

The End

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02 Sep 2009, 10:24 am

If there exists such a term in English too, I’m not familiar with it but in my country we call such jokes “jokes with a beard” which means they are really old :twisted: :mrgreen: . This one has a beard as long as Bin Laden.

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02 Sep 2009, 10:33 am

It's a real place name

It's in Mali
*wishes Google maps had a URL function*

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02 Sep 2009, 11:05 am

Ah, if your comment refers to my mention about my not being familiar with the term, you didn’t understand me – I wasn’t trying to say I didn’t know the word Timbuktu but the term “a joke with a beard” in English(probably such an idiom doesn’t exist in your language though).

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02 Sep 2009, 12:06 pm

Irulan wrote:

Ah, if your comment refers to my mention about my not being familiar with the term, you didn’t understand me

– I wasn’t trying to say I didn’t know the word Timbuktu but the term “a joke with a beard” in English(probably such an idiom doesn’t exist in your language though).

It means he kicked the slats out of his crib, laughing at it.

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02 Sep 2009, 12:45 pm

Tim and I a'gaming went
We met three NPCs in a popup tent
The NPCs be three and we be two
So I kill one, and Team kill two.

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02 Sep 2009, 2:29 pm

ruveyn wrote:

Per-verse topic

So what was the grade received? How did you score? :twisted:

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02 Sep 2009, 5:37 pm

This topic reminds me of an exorcism incantation from Courage the Cowardly Dog:

Hullabaloo, and howdy doo!
Musty prawns, and Timbuktu!
Yeltsy-bye, and hibberty-poo!
Kick 'em in the dishpan! Hoo hoo hoo!

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