ORIGIN OF THE INTERNET



And lo, 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. The
people 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 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, he 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."

Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators."

"Whoopee!" said Abraham.

"No, YAHOO!" said Dot Com.

And that's how it all began. It wasn't Al Gore after all!

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