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, it's destination, Timbuktu."" St. Peter smiled and allowed him through the gates. The second guy was having a very hard time coming up with a poem. After a long while he finally says ""Tim and I, a walk…