# Long-gone department store bongs - what did they mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 13, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-gone-department-store-bongs-what-did-they-mean/269052 "2004-10-13T18:52:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-gone-department-store-bongs-what-did-they-mean/269052/21 "2021-06-19T02:13:03Z")
How about an attendant bonging (I’d lobby to change this to donging) an small instrument to indicate it was time for dinner or dancing or the intermission was over at Very Fancy Events? ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-gone-department-store-bongs-what-did-they-mean/269052/22 "2021-06-19T08:11:14Z")
Anyone interested in cash rail systems can get all the detail they will ever need here: [The Cash Railway Website](http://www.cashrailway.co.uk/) ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-gone-department-store-bongs-what-did-they-mean/269052/23 "2021-06-19T11:34:15Z")
[Joyner’s Cash Cable System](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w75jOy-r5rg) in action. Unfortunately, the store was destroyed in a fire. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-gone-department-store-bongs-what-did-they-mean/269052.md?page=1)