On 2021-08-13 6:55 p.m., songbird wrote: > 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. great renaming ? Usenet is not Usenet anymore ? > > 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 > -- Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside -Be smart, Be wise, Support opensource development
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