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 poet, so here goes: I went into a foreign land, I saw a sea of burning sand. A caravan was passing through, it's destination, Timbuktu." St. Peter says, "Not bad, but let me hear Billy Bub.". Billy hikes up his pants, spits on the ground and says, "Tim and I a-hunting went. We spied three maidens in a tent. They being three, we being two, I bucked one and Timbuktu!" (Billy got in.)