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.

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. 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 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.

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.