How it all began....

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.

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. 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.

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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