OT: how it all began...

Jun 30th 2001, 12:02 am

Alvena Ferreira

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You guys have probably seen this before, but I had not and thought that some of you
might get a mild giggle out of this:

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.

How it all began

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 he 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.

It wasn't Al Gore after all.