Am I lucky or what? I have received so many wonderful stories from friends and family and particularly this morning. Thanks Jim Kegley, Frank Hunter, Carol and Clay Vice, Dr. Bill Daehler,and Pat Richards Whitehead, Nancy Morgan Mauk of Stout, OH et al... Sam Kegley aka SamKat
Subject: Fw: A new translation of a Bible story
In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader called Abraham of Com
did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot. And Dot of 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 dost 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 secrete
(look it up, it means to hide) 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!' exclaimed Abraham.
And that is how it all began. Al Gore had absolutely nothing to do with
it.
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