Well, you might have thought that you knew how the Internet started, but here's the TRUE story ...

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 had often been 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 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 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 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 Siderites, 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 the drum maker, Brother William of Gates, who bought up every drum maker in the land. And indeed did insist on making drums 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.

And that is how it all began. Truly!

OK so a nice lady arrived from the RSPCA. She climbed around the back of our old caravan with a pipe that had a rope loop at the end, caught the badger and caged him/her.

Interesting sound they make!

According to her (the RSPCA lady that is), Badger's teeth and eyes seem OK.

Farewell Badger ...

This badger was underneath our Landcruiser this morning. It's obviously no good at mechanics because it didn't even change our propshaft!

Claire phoned the vets & RSPCA because it's not looking so good. It may even be blind, so really not "looking" so good!

It has been suggested that:

• The badgers have had a rough winter and are hungry, therefore they don't look so good anyway.
• When they eat apples the stuff ferments in their system and they get drunk. We got PLENTY of apples.
• They often look spastic anyway.

Claire was asked this: "Does it look drunk to you?"

So, to anyone that reads this: does this badger look drunk to you?