WARNING! OT: Humor -- How it all began.....

From: joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Mon May 28 14:37:25 2001

>Subject: How it all began!!
>
>
> > 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.. 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 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.
> >
Received on Mon May 28 2001 - 14:37:25 BST

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