How the Internet began.....

[Burnham Lad]

In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a Trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young Wife called 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 so far from town to town with thy goods, when thou can trade without every leaving thy tent?" And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags short of a camel load, but he simply said "How, Dear?"

 

And Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns, and drums in-between, which will relay messages saying what you have for sale, and they will reply telling you who offers the best price. 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 beat 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. Other young men did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greenfly take to camel dung. They were called Nomandic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Siderites, or NERDS for short.

 

And lo, the land was so feverish with the joy of the new riches, and the deafening sound of the drums, that no-one noticed that the real profits were going to the drum maker, one Brother William of Gates, who had bought up every drum making workshop in the land.

 

And, indeed he did insist in making drums that would work only with Brother Gates' drum sticks.

 

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 became. known 'ebay' ), he said 'We need a name which reflects what we are"

 

And Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators".

 

"YAHOO" shouted Abraham.

 

 

 

And that is how it all began ! !