Genius.

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 Dorothy. And Dot Com was a comely woman, 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 neighbouring 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' drumheads 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.

 

Wasn't there a town near by that tried to purchase stuff from the Hebrews and got ripped off...Name of Sod 'em or something

Nice one Chad !
Though the greedy horseflies over here are more interested in blood than dung.
(Plague of biblical proportions locally this year....Vicious little b*stards !!)
Cheers - Phil

Didn't think you got flies in Wales, since it's ALWAYS raining.....

IanS

Problem is Ian, that they then come out together in s*dding swarms for the odd few hours that it isn't actually raining.....And this year we've amazingly had a few weeks where we've seen a strange yellow ball in the sky....and no wet stuff.
Cheers - Phil.

And it came to pass that, as it is told in the Book of Jobs, that Steve did look upon the drums of Gates and did wonder mightily. Saying,"The people are consumed with a desire for possessions, searching upon the shores of the EBay for cheap tat and plying the Net in a search for Whatever Is New! Damn! Ooh! Wow! Shiny! or WINDOWS as it was known. How may I persuade the people to give up their worldly possessions. How may I bring them into my fold and part them from their gold and silver and shiny new things?"

And he wrought many things of great style (but perhaps less substance) such as waterproof clothing for the Celtic races, or Aye Mac as it was known in the land of the Scots, and strove mightily to prove the truth of the adage concerning fools and money.

In time the drums were replaced and the children of Dot Com became the People of the iBook and great was the sorrow in the houses of the Help Desk Operators and loud the lamentations of the Desktop Support Staff and you can see why here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQHX-SjgQvQ   

 
Excellent Ithoriel.....That's really good !
Subtitles work especially well with my PC......... as the speakers are next to useless.
Cheers - Phil