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 was
often called Amazon Dot Com.
And
she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why dost thou travel so far from
town to town with thy goods when thou canst 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 who 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 having to move from his
tent. To prevent neighboring countries from overhearing what the drums
were saying, Dot devised a system that only she and the drummers knew.
It was known as Must Send Drum Over Sound (MSDOS), and she also
developed a language to transmit ideas and pictures - Hebrew To The
People (HTTP).
And
the young men did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy horsefly
take to camel dung. They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich
Dominican Sybarites, or NERDS.
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 that enterprising drum dealer, Brother William of Gates, who
bought off every drum maker in the land. And indeed did insist on drums
to be made 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 Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel , or eBay as it
came to be known. He said, "We need a name that reflects what we are."
And
Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators." "YAHOO," said
Abraham. And because it was Dot 's idea, they named it YAHOO Dot Com.
Abraham's
cousin, Joshua, being the young Gregarious Energetic Educated Kid
(GEEK) that he was, soon started using Dot 's drums to locate things
around the countryside. It soon became known as God's Own Official Guide
to Locating Everything (GOOGLE).
That is how it all began. And that's the truth.
