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<font color=CC66CC>Short Post Man cracks me up!<br
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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.
She said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why doth thou travel
far from town to town with thy goods when thou can 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. The drums rang out and were an immediate
success. Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price,
without ever moving from his tent. But this success did arouse
envy. A man named Maccabia did secret himself inside
Abraham's drum and was accused of insider trading.
And the young men 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.
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 !
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.
She said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why doth thou travel
far from town to town with thy goods when thou can 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. The drums rang out and were an immediate
success. Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price,
without ever moving from his tent. But this success did arouse
envy. A man named Maccabia did secret himself inside
Abraham's drum and was accused of insider trading.
And the young men 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.
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 !
