An old, bearded shepherd, with a crooked staff, walks up to a stone pulpit
and says. "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 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
only work 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 of a service 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..... |
