On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 16:31:45 GMT, Axolotl wrote:

yep, I didn't think much of the defintions that i posted but I couldn't
find much else at the time.
a better definition @ http://www.netlingo.com/lookup.cfm?term=plonk
I always thought it was the sound of something or someone hitting the
bottom of the garbage can.

Heh...a newbie or a lame oldie either. :-)

Yea, that definition works, but I have seen the term "plonk" for years
before Usenet. I'm saying the term "plonk" was originally borrowed from
phone lingo. But that was waaaaaaay back before the war. :-)

Bob