Man dies while posing for dangerous photo for Facebook page

[Schadenfroh]

Guess I am out of touch with internet fads, as I have never heard of "Planking" before this article came out.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/intern...to_death_in_australian_tpLDunsRhQjTny9XzFWI9L

A man who fell seven stories to his death in Australia on Sunday was believed to have been participating in a new craze called "planking," in which people lie face-down on objects with their heads down and their arms beside their bodies to resemble a plank while someone else takes their photograph.

Queensland police issued a statement Sunday in which they urged "'plankers' to re-think their actions" following the death of the unnamed man about 4:30 a.m. at an apartment in the Brisbane suburb of Kangaroo Point.

A Facebook page called Planking Australia has more than 55,000 fans who have been posting photos of planking in usual places including on top of a McDonald's sign, office desk, railway tracks, brick wall and a chair lift.

Any Darwin Aw.. err Plankers here? Might want to consider if those pics are worth it before you go too far.

 

[zerocool84]

That's just retarded and yes, that was Darwin.

 

[illusion88]

Meh, seems stupid.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

lol stupid austrians

 

[ahenkel]

Some trends are really really retarded

 

[lxskllr]

I saw an article on the practice on TV a couple years ago I think. I really don't get it :^/

 

[zerocool84]

lol stupid austrians

lulz

 

[tcsenter]

I've done crazier shit than that in my youth, that I look back on and gives me a little shiver realizing how razor thin was the margin between success (i.e. looking really cool) and disaster, though it was rarely ever for some public audience. It was usually a small group of friends who were doing stupid things for excitement or fun, and occasionally by myself (e.g. trying to learn a new stunt on my motorcycle or whatever).

 

[TheVrolok]

lol.. foolish brotha' from down unda'. Pretty odd "craze."

 

[grrl]

I read the article twice to make sure I understood planking. How does something that lame become a craze?

 

[Sea Moose]

lol stupid austrians

Lol

 

[shortylickens]

Did he drop any good loot?

Wait......

:hmm:

 

[SSSnail]

/quietly retreats to dungeon to create as many stupid fads as possible to rid the world of stupid people.

/rubs hands with glee...

 

[Perknose]

If you're going to Plank, Max Planck!​

 

[DCal430]

Reminds of the people who do parkour. A year ago some teenager here died doing parkour, fell 6 floors to his death.

 

[DangerAardvark]

I read the article twice to make sure I understood planking. How does something that lame become a craze?

Because it's "so random!" I prefer pegging, myself.

 

[Printer Bandit]

 

[MotionMan]

lol stupid austrians

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqVzRD_nWLQ

MotionMan

 

[lxskllr]

Reminds of the people who do parkour. A year ago some teenager here died doing parkour, fell 6 floors to his death.

At least that's skill based. If you push the envelope, it sometimes pushes back. A stupid skill-less internet meme is just dumb.

 

[Fenixgoon]

definite darwin

 

[SandEagle]

this is planking. looks harmless

 

[sandorski]

It'll be on ESPN next year, World Planking Federation

 

[IcePickFreak]

I agree, totally retarded.. but I had to laugh at this from the link in the OP.

Australian man Nate Shaw, 20, was last week charged after police saw a photo of him planking over a police car.

 

[AlienCraft]

I read the article twice to make sure I understood planking. How does something that lame become a craze?

Australia. apparently.

 

[l0cke]

Here it is
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lying-down-game