How It All Began

In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name ofAbraham 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 ofleg. Indeed, she had been called Amazon Dot Com.She said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why doth thou travel farfrom town to town with thy goods when thou can trade without everleaving thy tent?"And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddlebags short of a camel load, but simply said, "How, Dear?"And Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns and drumsin between to send messages saying what you have for sale and theywill reply telling you which hath the best price. And the sale can bemade on the drums and delivery made by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)."Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her waywith the drums. The drums rang out and were an immediate success.Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price, without evermoving from his tent. But this success did arouse envy.A man named Maccabia did secret himself inside Abraham's drumand was accused of insider trading. And the young man did take to DotCom's trading as doth the greedy horsefly take to camel dung. Theywere called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Siderites, or NERDSfor short.And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches andthe deafening sound of drums, that no one noticed that the realriches were going to the drum maker, one Brother William of Gates,who bought up every drum company in the land. And indeed did insiston making drums that would work only with Brother Gates' drumheadsand drumsticks.Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being takenover by others."And as Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel, or as it cameto be known "eBay" he said, "we need a name that reflects what weare," 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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