OY VAY !! ROFLMAO. -Ben
> Someone put a lot of work into this: > ________________________________________________________________________ > __ > HOW THE INTERNET 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.' > > 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 secrete > 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. It wasn't Al Gore after all. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
