Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

begatting the web...

  • 02-08-2001 8:54pm
    #1
    Qualm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 142 ✭✭


    And lo 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 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 Service (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 men did
    take
    to Dot Com's trading as doth greedy horseflies 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.


    If push comes to shove. I'd probably fall over


Advertisement