Planking

[Dags90]

Makes more sense than Soulja Boy.

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!

I honestly thought the news report thing was an Onion-style parody. It's pretty neat though, performance art.

 

[Ambi]

We used to play it as the Lancashire lying down game (planking does sound much better). It could be fun... when I was 12.

So it actually has British origins...
2:16

 

[3AM]

I wonder if it comes from a very effective abdominal exercise which is quite hard to do.

Spoiler: The Plank

 

[KefkaCultist]

Wow I actually find this pretty awesome. I love that at the end of the 2nd video there's a planker going up the escalator while the reporter reports the report. lol

 

[OutcastBOS]

Spoiler: this is the only Plank I find cool

Seriously, it's sometimes impossible to facepalm hard enough at people these days...

 

[tombman888]

I've never heard of this before... but it looks hilarious.

 

[BENZOOKA]

Makes more sense than Soulja Boy.

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!

I honestly thought the news report thing was an Onion-style parody. It's pretty neat though, performance art.

Hehe. Yeah.

Never even heard about this before, but it's all cool. Planking away like a bawse.

 

[Mace Tulio]

I'm not sure how it started, but I know Triple J (a very popular Australian radio station) encouraged planking at music festivals, and awarded prizes to the best photos of people planking. Personally, I don't understand it, I can still chuckle at it, though.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

Only in Australia...

That just looks like so little fun.

 

[Nickolai77]

I don't really get the appeal of this...

 

[Adam Galli]

Planking has to be one of the wierdest and dumbest things I've seen.

 

[mexicola]

Stupidest thing I saw today, I'm puzzled how this got to be a so popular.

Highest rated gem of YouTube intelligentsia for the first video:

"Britain = British Empire
America = Space Race
Australia = Planking"

 

[Titan Buttons]

I have never heard of this or seen any of the reports on the news

 

[Ken Sapp]

Boredom causes people to do silly things.

As long as you are having fun and not doing something stupidly dangerous or illegal then I say enjoy.

 

[minka1995]

I read this in newspaper on Friday at school, I'm reading it thinking what the hell, whilst my friend is nearly falling out of his chair, laughing at the phrase "Where a man has been charged with allegedly planking on a police car."
Thought it was strange, but we decided not worth our time as we couldn't even hold ourselves up over the sides of a picnic bench 40cms off the ground.

 

[McPulse]

I can't even watch those. That blonde newscaster started talking and my ears started bleeding. I imagine this is Australia? No wonder it is a prison island.

Channel 9 is banned under UN resolutions on torture, but they just. don't. stop.