John Hasler wrote: ... > No. I was there when it came into use. It definitely represents the > sound of a small object dropping into a large tank with liquid at the > bottom. A septic tank, for example. It was common to respond to a > particularly asinine article with the one-word followup "plonk".
having been reading usenet since before the great renaming it was a term that i haven't used often. i found out years ago that i just don't have the energy any more to get that mad about something on-line. the n key is many fewer keystrokes than *plonk*. :) songbird
