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. 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.

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, It wasn't Al Gore after
all.