Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators or YAHOO

[Guest guest]

Courtesy St. Louis Inspirational Christian Connection -

http://www.wcgconnection.com/

Wednesday, November 20, 2002

ABRAHAM.COM

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 bagsshort 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 by Uriah's Pony Stable

(UPS).'

Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the

drums. And Dot said, 'There will be a lot of banging in the land.'

And Abraham replied, 'It is my most fervent wish that this be so.' 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 his success did arouse envy. A man named Maccabia did secret himself

inside Abraham's drum and was accused of insider trading.

And the young did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy horsefly 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 of Gates, who bought up every

drum company in the land. And indeed did insist on making drums that would

only work if you bought Brother 's 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 of a service that reflects what

we are.' And Dot replied, 'Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators.'

'Whoopee!' said Abraham.

'No, YAHOO!' said Dot Com.