And it shall be known as........

[connie B Berto <cberto@juno.com>]

A good giggle on a slow day  (slightly off topic but "pony"  IS mentioned
once)....Connie

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Subject: And it shall be known as........

>An old, bearded shepherd, with a crooked staff, walks up to a stone
>pulpit and says .  .  .
>
>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 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 by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)".
>
>Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the
>drums, as long as he could have his way with her. 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 secrete
>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 William 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 Gates' 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.

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