And the moral of this story is...

Bang the drum slowly????

Peter

>Subject: Y2k Bible Story
>Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 15:06:02 -0400
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>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 by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)".
>
>Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the
>drums, as long as he could have his way with her.  And Dot said, "There will
>be a lot of banging in the land."  And Abraham replied, "It is my most
>fervent wish
>that this be so."
>
>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 did take to  Dot.com's trading as
>doth the greedy horsefly 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."
> Hi all
>  couldnt help but pass this one on to you -   heheheh-  one of my
>co-workers (knowing i needed a good laugh right now) sent it along- just had
>to share it.
>
>
>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
>Pat Hill
>MATP Center
>
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