Humor: How the Internet Began

[Clay Cole <rccole@TEXHOMA.NET>]

I got a giggle out of this. Hope you enjoy it too.

Jan Cole
LMS
Horace Mann elementary
Duncan, OK
rccole@texhoma.net
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How the Internet Began
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> 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?"
>=20
> And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags =
short
of
> a camel load, but simply said, "How, Dear?"
>=20
> 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)."
>=20
> Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with =
the
> drums. The drums boomed and were an immediate success. Abraham sold =
all
the
> goods he had at the top price, without ever moving from his tent.
>=20
> 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
men
> did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy horsefly take to =
camel
> dung.
>=20
> They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Siderites, or
NERDS
> for short.
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken over by
> others."
>=20
> 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."
>=20
> "YAHOO", said Abraham.
>=20
> And that is how it all began. It wasn't Al Gore after all.

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