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Old 29-08-2003, 08:43 PM
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Default definition of the term *Plonk*

Bob Adkins wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 01:51:34 GMT, Axolotl wrote:


http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/P/plonk.html
or
http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?plonk


AFAIK, both definitions are a little off. "Plonk" is the sound of a
telephone slamming down, as in hanging up on someone in disgust. It is
used
to indicate the plonker is sending the plonkee to the kill file. :-)

Bob


I always thought it meant "Please Leave Our Newsgroup. Killfiled."

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Old 30-08-2003, 04:36 AM
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Default definition of the term *Plonk*

definitely a good thing to know. DK
"LeeAnne" wrote in message
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lol, sorry dkat :-)
Just remember to duck real fast if you ever hear that noise!

"dkat" wrote in message
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I really really really wish you hadn't done that..... Serves me right

but
now I have this awful visual image to go with the sound effect... DK

"LeeAnne" wrote in message
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I think the sound of it hitting the fan is more like a

'whiiirrrrsplogsplat,
fit fit fit fit'
;-D





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