Thought you might enjoy this one, Maggie > And lo it came to pass that the 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 his > success did arouse envy. A man named Maccabia did secrete 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 > only work if you bought Brother Gates' 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 of a service that reflects > what we are". and Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators". > > "Whoopee!", said Abraham. "No, YAHOO!", said Dot Com.

Beautiful. Now I hope your satisfied, I just burned me bacon reading the last e-mail. Brian B Lancashire, UK. brian_bramhall@lineone.net http://website.lineone.net/~brian_bramhall/index.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: <MagsB1942@aol.com> To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 10:46 PM Subject: [NTH-ENG] The First Website > Thought you might enjoy this one, > > Maggie > > > > And lo it came to pass that the 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 his > > success did arouse envy. A man named Maccabia did secrete 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 > > only work if you bought Brother Gates' 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 of a service that reflects > > what we are". and Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators". > > > > "Whoopee!", said Abraham. "No, YAHOO!", said Dot Com. > > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > This list also allows Trivia postings about the region as well as serious genealogy research postings. > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free - checked by AVG anti-virus system . Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.211 / Virus Database: 100 - Release Date: 14/11/2000

This was great I have forwarded it all over the place LOL Thanks Maggie, TTFN Me --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.211 / Virus Database: 100 - Release Date: 14/11/2000