What is this obsession with planking?

[Call Me Darkman]

Lately, everytime I sign onto Facebook there is someone posting a photo of them planking. Why has this become a trend lately?

In case you don't know what planking is

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planking_(fad)

The lying down game (also known as planking, or face downs) is an activity, popular in various parts of the world, consisting of lying face down in an unusual or incongruous location. The hands must touch the sides of the body, and having a photograph of the participant taken and posted on the Internet is an integral part of the game. Players compete to find the most unusual and original location in which to play. The location should also be as public as possible, and as many people as possible should be involved.

 

[Bubonic]

People are ******s?
/thread

 

[Angry Monkey]

Agree. This a tagging...I hate!

I get tagged for photos I'm not even in!

 

[Duke]

Lame habit.

 

[Paroxysm]

This is so "3 weeks ago".

 

[Ultra Lantern]

The ******s want attention.

 

[The Squirrel]

Oh the things drunk people do!

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Ultra-Duke is right. It makes no sense.

In fact, my grandma's friend was talking about it the other day and I thought she was drunk when she explained this. I was wrong.

 

[Call Me Darkman]

This is so "3 weeks ago".

I apologize for being late to the party.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

This is so "3 weeks ago".

I didn't even hear about it until earlier tonight.

 

[bullets]

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

^^ that's a good one

 

[Sebastos]

Yeah...I don't get it. I'm use to this kind of planking, the type you do at the gym for core training:

 

[Call Me Darkman]

That's actually quite funny.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Best plank I've seen yet.

 

[Call Me Darkman]

I like that the camels don't seem to care.

 

[The Apocalypse]

When I see this I just ask myself WTF is wrong with society.

 

[moviedoors]

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

 

[PyroChamber]

Didn't some guy die from doing that from a high place?

 

[The Apocalypse]

Hopefully.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Didn't some guy die from doing that from a high place?

Yeah; I heard a guy from Australia was planking on a balcony railing of a hotel or something and fell from a high floor.

 

[Call Me Darkman]

Yeah; I heard a guy from Australia was planking on a balcony railing of a hotel or something and fell from a high floor.

Woah, Doc. That's heavy.

 

[Hound55]

 

[Snare]

When I see this I just ask myself WTF is wrong with society.

Agree

 

[Gotham Knight]