May 18, 2011: planking

sandypossum · 05-18-2011, 04:25 AM

Planking is the new craze here in Australia. As soon as I saw it, I knew it: finally I had found the right sport for me.

This week we had the first death by planking in Queensland, and another planker in a coma in New South Wales. Both were, however, contenders for a Darwin Award.

My planking partner Emilie and I are strictly into Safe Planking. (Because we're sensible and also because we're not that intrepid.)

sandypossum · 05-18-2011, 04:27 AM

Hey, why won't my uploaded photo show on the iotd page? Help?

SPUCK · 05-18-2011, 05:21 AM

That chicken thinks you're crazy!

Griff · 05-18-2011, 05:25 AM

She's next!

GunMaster357 · 05-18-2011, 06:03 AM

Seems to me that planking is a nice recipe for disaster.

Maybe someone should write a book on it.

I have the perfec title : Planking for Plonkers

Trilby · 05-18-2011, 07:04 AM

Finally - a sport even I could do.

I'd like to see this go Olympic.

sandypossum · 05-18-2011, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GunMaster357

Seems to me that planking is a nice recipe for disaster.

Really? I would have thought this is about the most harmless sport there could possibly be! (Well, maybe lawn bowls....) Of course, there are people who can turn anything into a lethal hobby. As for me and Emilie, we've decided to specialise in farmyard planking. We have great plans for sileage bales and water troughs. Would have loved to plank on a cow, but it was too energetic and dodgy for us. Perhaps the pig will be more amenable.

infinite monkey · 05-18-2011, 07:57 AM

Hahahahaha. Funny what things catch on.

The current craze around here is resting on a surface, butt on the surface, knees bent, feet on the floor. It's called "sitting" and some people have gotten really good at it!

Sundae · 05-18-2011, 08:35 AM

The fatality made the news here earlier this week and so I looked it up.

Some people certainly have made it into a high-adreneline activity. There are some where I find it hard to imagine how they got into those locations in the first place. Some are really cute and funny though - there was one of a whole row of planks on a train that I liked.

Still too much effort for me though.

Nirvana · 05-18-2011, 09:48 AM

I have been doing this in my living room for years its called YOGA. plank pose

Undertoad · 05-18-2011, 09:49 AM

Images don't show up immediately as attachments until I come and upload them and host them as hosted images. Thanks Sandy!

ZenGum · 05-18-2011, 10:03 PM

I was somewhat amused by the news stories about the Planking death. Not the death itself, but the way everything was followed the patterns of comments that are usually used for some new lethal drug craze.

Friend: It was just a bit of fun, we didn't thnk anyone would get hurt...
Cops: These young people are just out for some fun, but please, think about the consequences...
etc. etc.

Planking itself is fine, IMHO, but 7th floor balconies are not the place for it. Of course, as soon as this hit the news, twits were planking on 45th floor balconies and such.

Of course, sensible people like dwellars would only plank across, say, a white generation three Subaru outback limited edition model. Nice.

footfootfoot · 05-18-2011, 10:39 PM

I'm fixing to do some Olympic planking on a Tempurpedic mattress in a few minutes.
Going for the gold!

sandypossum · 05-19-2011, 01:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Of course, sensible people like dwellars would only plank across, say, a white generation three Subaru outback limited edition model. Nice.

Hey Zen, how did you guess which one is me?!

SPUCK · 05-19-2011, 04:02 AM

For all yous edumacation here's some planks:
http://planking.mobi/

05-18-2011, 04:25 AM	#1
sandypossum tri-continental dag hag Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 247	May 18, 2011: planking Planking is the new craze here in Australia. As soon as I saw it, I knew it: finally I had found the right sport for me. This week we had the first death by planking in Queensland, and another planker in a coma in New South Wales. Both were, however, contenders for a Darwin Award. My planking partner Emilie and I are strictly into Safe Planking. (Because we're sensible and also because we're not that intrepid.) __________________ you're never too old to have a happy childhood Last edited by sandypossum; 05-18-2011 at 04:43 AM. Reason: typo

05-18-2011, 04:27 AM	#2
sandypossum tri-continental dag hag Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 247	Hey, why won't my uploaded photo show on the iotd page? Help? __________________ you're never too old to have a happy childhood

05-18-2011, 05:25 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	She's next! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-18-2011, 06:03 AM	#5
GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	Seems to me that planking is a nice recipe for disaster. Maybe someone should write a book on it. I have the perfec title : Planking for Plonkers __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

05-18-2011, 07:04 AM	#6
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Finally - a sport even I could do. I'd like to see this go Olympic. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

05-18-2011, 05:21 AM	#3
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	That chicken thinks you're crazy!

05-18-2011, 07:57 AM	#8
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Hahahahaha. Funny what things catch on. The current craze around here is resting on a surface, butt on the surface, knees bent, feet on the floor. It's called "sitting" and some people have gotten really good at it!

05-18-2011, 08:35 AM	#9
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	The fatality made the news here earlier this week and so I looked it up. Some people certainly have made it into a high-adreneline activity. There are some where I find it hard to imagine how they got into those locations in the first place. Some are really cute and funny though - there was one of a whole row of planks on a train that I liked. Still too much effort for me though. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

05-18-2011, 09:48 AM	#10
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	I have been doing this in my living room for years its called YOGA. plank pose __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

05-18-2011, 09:49 AM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Images don't show up immediately as attachments until I come and upload them and host them as hosted images. Thanks Sandy!

05-18-2011, 10:03 PM	#12
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I was somewhat amused by the news stories about the Planking death. Not the death itself, but the way everything was followed the patterns of comments that are usually used for some new lethal drug craze. Friend: It was just a bit of fun, we didn't thnk anyone would get hurt... Cops: These young people are just out for some fun, but please, think about the consequences... etc. etc. Planking itself is fine, IMHO, but 7th floor balconies are not the place for it. Of course, as soon as this hit the news, twits were planking on 45th floor balconies and such. Of course, sensible people like dwellars would only plank across, say, a white generation three Subaru outback limited edition model. Nice. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

05-18-2011, 10:39 PM	#13
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I'm fixing to do some Olympic planking on a Tempurpedic mattress in a few minutes. Going for the gold! __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

05-19-2011, 04:02 AM	#15
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	For all yous edumacation here's some planks: http://planking.mobi/

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