An old, bearded shepherd with a crooked staff
walked up to a stone pulpit and said,
"And lo, it came to pass that the 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 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. And 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 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 if you bought Brother Gates' 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."
"Whoopee!", said Abraham.
"No, YAHOO!" said Dot Com.. .and that is how it all began
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