Shakespeare died on same day as Billy Bub, and are at the pearly gates.
(I heard this joke around 1980, so I can't claim ownership)
St. Peter at the pearly gates says, "I'm busy, so I'm considering 2 admissions at a time. Tell me a good poem using the word 'Timbuktu'. Whoever has the better poem gets in."
Shakespeare smiles broadly and says, "I am a great ...
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William and Shakespeare...
Were traveling together and came across a small village. Both being poets, the crowd of people wanted to know whom was the best poet and conducted a contest amongst William and Shakespeare. Shakespeare, with smugness, decided to go first. The mayor gave Shakespeare the word, "Timbuktu" to come up wi...
It's a little known fact that William Shakespeare and Lord Byron died on the same day.
When they met Saint Peter at the pearly gates, he said, "We are honored to receive two incredibly distinguished poets on the same day! Unfortunately we don't have room for both of you to enter today, so we're going to have to have a little contest. I'm going to say a word, and both of you have to ma...
Two men die at exactly the same time
When they get to the pearly gates St. Peter tells them that rules are rules and he can only allow one of them to enter, but to keep it fair, heâll allow the one who can come up with a poem with the last line Timbuktu. The men think a while, and the first man says âOK, Iâve got mine!â St. Peter says ...
Timbuktu
The National poetry Contest had come down to semi-finals between a Yale graduate and a redneck from Wyoming. They were both given a word, then allowed two minutes to study the word and come up with a poem that contained the word. The word they were given was âTimbuktuâ
First to recite his poe...
An American Professor of Literature from Harvard and a hillbilly.
The 2 finalists for this prestigious annual poem contest was an American Professor of Literature from Harvard and a hillbilly.
The rules were simple, come up with an poem on the spot that ends in tim-buc-tu.
The professor turned in his first. It read:
As I walked across the burn...
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A farmer has 18 beautiful daughters
One day three brothers were traveling when they stopped at this farmer's farmstead to rest. The farmer let them in and gave them food and drink.
Upon seeing the many beautiful maidens, the eldest brother approached the farmer, and asked, "Farmer, can I sleep with your 18 daughters?"
Th...
Timbuktu
Two gentlemen are sitting at the pearly gates waiting to speak with St. Peter. St. Peter asks them both to recite a poem using the word Timbuktu.
They sat there for a bit and the first guy says "While sitting on the ocean shore, listening to the ocean roar, I saw a ship passing through, ...
Two poets die at the same time and they meet St. Peter at the pearly gates...
St. Peter says"ah, it's great to see you guys, but we have a small problem... we only have room for one of you." The two poets look at each other not sure what to do, then St. Peter says " I have an idea, since you guys are poets lets have a contest, best poem gets to stay in heaven, the other....
Scottishman, Englishman and Irishman Joke *Long*
A Scotsman, Englishman and Irishman are traveling through the amazon rainforest. Suddenly they are captured by an indigenous tribe and taken to camp. The chief approaches the three and manages to communicate: â we kill you, eat your flesh, make tools with bones and canoe with skin! First, we grant a...
The Redneck Poet
Robert Frost and a redneck came to heaven's gate at the same time. St. Peter stood at the gate with instuctions for the two: ''You cannot enter the gates of heaven until you can make up a poem and recite it to me using the word 'Timbuktu' in it.'' Robert Frost stepped up and recited a magnificent, g...
Once Upon A Time there was a International Poets Contest. All the poets from across the lands came to compete bringing there best original work to compete against their peers. For 40 days and nights they competed eliminating Poet after Poet.
On the 40th day they had narrowed it down to only 2 poets. Both poets read poems back to back for 12 hours, each poem as good as the last. After the 12th hour the judgeâs became exhausted and realized that this may never end as both poets were equally amazing. They had to decide a winner and they ha...
Two Brothers and a poetry contest
There were two brothers who were always very competitive. One day they were at a fair together. They approached a stage where they were holding a poetry contest. Poetry was neither of the brothers "thing" but when one brother told the other he could win the whole competition, the battle was on. ...
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