In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a rug trader by the name of Abraham of the house of Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot. Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, in her younger years, she was known to some as 'Amazon Dot Com.' And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why must Thou travel so far from town to town with all 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 offer the best price. And the sale can be made on the drums with deliveries made by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)." Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the drums. And so it was that 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 secrete himself inside Abraham's drum and was accused of insider trading. And thus the young man, and others of his ilk, did take to Dot Com's trading as the greedy horsefly takes to camel dung. They were called Nomadic Enterprising Recklessly Devious 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 come to lament, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken over by others." And Abraham pondered, as he gazed out over the Bay of Ezekiel, or as it came to be known "E-Bay," he said, "we need a name that reflects what we are." And Dot replied, "We are Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators." "YAHOO," said Abraham.
