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To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (8526)	1/22/1999 10:40:00 AM
From: James H. Irwin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62549

Once there was a King who had two sons. The King was getting on in his years and desired to bequeath his Kingdom to one of his two sons. He couldn't figure out an equitable way to decide who was more worthy, especially because his sons were very different, with one having much more book sense and the other street sense. He finally decided that creativity to handle problems would be the deciding factor and so he summoned his two sons and informed them of his decision to bequeath the Kingdom. Furthermore they would be required to write a poem, and that poem would include the word Timbuktu! Now the one son who attended Oxford immediately went to work as he was a literature major and had many ideas to begin his research...the other son went out with his buddies and told them what his father was up to. So the next day at the appointed time the two sons appeared before the King. The King asked who would like to recite first...the son from Oxford volunteered and began: Across the blazing desert sand There roamed a camel caravan... They led their camels two by two Their destination Timbuktu! The King was very pleased with his son and told him so. Now the other son was still a bit hungover from the previous night's festivities and hadn't really prepared anything so he sort of mumbled the following... Uh, a Tim and I a camping we went We came across three girls in a tent.. Now they being three and we being two I bucked one and............ Jim