great white Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 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. 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. 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 called Must Send Drum Over Sound (MSDOS), and she also developed a language to transmit ideas and pictures: Hebrew To The People (HTTP). But this success did arouse envy. A man named Maccabia did secrete himself inside Abraham's drum and began to siphon off some of Abraham's business. But he was soon discovered, arrested and prosecuted for insider trading. 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 he did insist on drums to be made that would work only with Brother Gates' drum heads and drumsticks. Lo, 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 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." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuie Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 Reckon I'm a nerd then Charlie - a great read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niggle Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 Charlie, go fishing man,cabin fever has taken hold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 Cabin Fever / losing the will to live Take your choice and pray we get out fishing soon! Neal just seen whilst typing this that Nigel beat me to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Nash Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 I think we NEED a break in this weather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codpiece Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 Charlie, I still have my darkend room if it would help!! Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirky Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 (edited) A bottle of something strong and alcoholic might save you Charlie......if administered soon !! Amazing ....where DOoo these things come from when the boats have to stay at home ?? Dave Edited November 1, 2011 by pirky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted November 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 A bottle of something strong and alcoholic might save you Charlie......if administered soon !! Amazing ....where DOoo these things come from when the boats have to stay at home ?? Dave I tried that on Sat night , and did not feel at all well on Sunday Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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