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Re: Bonking ?

To: Simon.MATTHEWS@st.com
Subject: Re: Bonking ?
From: R Glenn Stauffer <stauffer@swarthmore.edu>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 08:41:48 -0500 (EST)
>      > Have some monkey revving my engine and bonking my motor every two
>                                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>       >years? I
>      >think not.
>      
>      >Corey
>      >75 MGB 'Rags'
>      
>      What strange perversion is this?  'Bonking' has a very specific 
>      meaning in Britain, and it is not usually associated with mechanical 
>      devices! 

Do you mean 'bonk' as in hitting the wall physically when all the fuel
runs out?  Or, the other 'bonk'?  I think, looking at the phrase, 'bonking
my motor', he means the same thing you do.

Glenn
'74 Midget

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