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Old 23-08-2003, 08:13 PM
Hank
 
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Default definition of the term *Plonk*

I thought it was the sound an inebriated in-law made when they fell in
your pond ;~} ............. How was that for getting back on topic????

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"dhponder" wrote in message
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OR, the sound of flushing a toilet!

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