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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.'
And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why dost 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 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.
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