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

[songbird <songbird@anthive.com>]

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