Re: [OFFTOPIC] Plonk (wss: Meta: behavior on list)

[John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com>]

Stefan writes:
> How odd.  I always assumed that it was the comic-strip style
> representation of the sound of hanging up the phone abruptly.

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".

I've never seen any point in telling the world (or the plonked
individual) about the action, though.
-- 
John Hasler 
john@sugarbit.com
Elmwood, WI USA