In ancient Israel , it came to pass that a trader by the
name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a healthy young
wife by the name of Dorothy (Dot for short). Dot Com was a
comely woman, large of chest, 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. 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. Indeed he did insist on drums to be made that would
work only with Brother Gates' drum-heads 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. I would not make up this stuff.
