[wsia-comment] Fwd: A chuckle in interesting timesd

[Rex Brooks <rexb@starbourne.com>]

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>       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.
>
>       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 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 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.
>
>      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.
>
>      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 that reflects 
>what we are."
>
>       And Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators."
>
>      "YAHOO," said Abraham!
>
>And that is how it all began ...
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