goober
06-15-2003, 05:19 PM
*You've probably all already seen this, but it's worth a reread!:)
In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name
of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the
name of Dot.
And Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and
long of leg. Indeed, she had been called 'Amazon Dot Com.'
And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why doth thou
travel far from town to town with thy goods when thou canst
trade without ever leaving thy tent?"
And Abraham did look at her as though she were several
saddle bags short of a camel load, but simply said, "How,
dear?"
And Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns and
drums in between to send messages saying what you have
for sale and they will reply telling you which hath the best
price. And the sale can be made on the drums and delivery
made by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)."
Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her
way with the drums. And the drums rang out and were an
immediate success. Abraham sold all the goods he had at
the top price, without ever having to move from his tent.
But this success did arouse envy. A man named Maccabia
did secrete himself inside Abraham's drum and was accused
of insider trading. And the young man did take to Dot Com's
trading as doth the greedy horsefly take to camel dung. They
were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Siderites,
or NERDS for short.
And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and
the deafening sound of drums that no one noticed that the real
riches were going to the drum maker, one Brother William of
Gates, who bought up every drum company in the land. And
indeed did insist on making drums that would work only with
Brother Gates' drumheads and drumsticks.
And Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being
taken over by others."
And as Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel, or as it
came to be known, "eBay", he said, "We need a name that
reflects what we are."
And Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators."
"YAHOO," said Abraham.
And that is how it all began. It wasn't Al Gore after all.
In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name
of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the
name of Dot.
And Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and
long of leg. Indeed, she had been called 'Amazon Dot Com.'
And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why doth thou
travel far from town to town with thy goods when thou canst
trade without ever leaving thy tent?"
And Abraham did look at her as though she were several
saddle bags short of a camel load, but simply said, "How,
dear?"
And Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns and
drums in between to send messages saying what you have
for sale and they will reply telling you which hath the best
price. And the sale can be made on the drums and delivery
made by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)."
Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her
way with the drums. And the drums rang out and were an
immediate success. Abraham sold all the goods he had at
the top price, without ever having to move from his tent.
But this success did arouse envy. A man named Maccabia
did secrete himself inside Abraham's drum and was accused
of insider trading. And the young man did take to Dot Com's
trading as doth the greedy horsefly take to camel dung. They
were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Siderites,
or NERDS for short.
And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and
the deafening sound of drums that no one noticed that the real
riches were going to the drum maker, one Brother William of
Gates, who bought up every drum company in the land. And
indeed did insist on making drums that would work only with
Brother Gates' drumheads and drumsticks.
And Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being
taken over by others."
And as Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel, or as it
came to be known, "eBay", he said, "We need a name that
reflects what we are."
And Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators."
"YAHOO," said Abraham.
And that is how it all began. It wasn't Al Gore after all.