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12753-avatar 01 May 2012 1:08pm #1
offline Squirter

Member since 18 Mar 2007

Member from Papakura

Posts: 9447

OI....

""DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT SNOPES, OR FACT OR FICTION, OR WHOEVER, TO CHECK ON THIS!


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 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. 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 having to move from his tent.

To prevent neighboring 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. And indeed 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.""mrgreenmrgreenmrgreen

Cheers. biggrin




Blank 01 May 2012 1:44pm #2
offline Hero42

Member since 18 Jul 2008

Member from Porirua

Posts: 5003

Love it biggrin

Did Apple came from the garden of Eden? cool

Cheers biggrin

43955-25719_med 01 May 2012 1:46pm #3
online arandar

Member since 23 Nov 2009

Member from Stratford

Posts: 4369

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12753-avatar 01 May 2012 2:16pm #4
offline Squirter

Member since 18 Mar 2007

Member from Papakura

Posts: 9447

Hey Hero,

That's as good as any and better than most. winkwinkwink

Cheers. biggrin

16188-CIMG2639tiny 01 May 2012 3:48pm #5
offline wekanz

Member since 13 Aug 2007

Member from Kapiti

Posts: 830

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10379-onsantasknee 02 May 2012 9:13pm #6
online Chris21-4

Member since 09 Dec 2006

Member from Te Awamutu

Posts: 3436

Are'nt God's people marvelous. It took real divine inspiration to develop that. LOL and TIC

12753-avatar 03 May 2012 7:52am #7
offline Squirter

Member since 18 Mar 2007

Member from Papakura

Posts: 9447

YEAH.

""It took real divine inspiration to develop that. LOL and TIC""

From bloody-ole Squirter....I'm simply divine, the divinity is just ozing outta me and flowing onto my path before me....plenty for all ifinya want some ozing as I'm uppon cloud 9 right now for any of ya's mrgreenmrgreenmrgreen wave ya wand scotty an beam'em up.

Guiding light o'clock. biggrin




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