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 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 Stabl (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 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
