So This Planking Craze....

[SoonerofAlabama]

Is Getting Out of Hand. We have all kinds of celebrities laying down and people find it hilarious.

Okay. So planking involves finding any surface that you can lie on top of, laying down on top of with your head down and your arms at your side.



And there is a website dedicated entirely to planking, Link (http://iplanking.com/)

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4237/amstelplanking1909243i.jpg

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/9902/blakes.png

[SoonerofAlabama]

Pretty stupid, right?

[the-rover]

Ok, I want to change my vote from "what is" to "stupid"

[olevetonahill]

Whats the ****in Point?

[yankee]

Worst thing ever invented in all of mankind. Worse than the atomic bomb.

[SicEmBaylor]

The stupidity of this astounds and confounds me.

[sooner59]

This is our country, folks. smh

[SoonerofAlabama]

gs84xx3JUZo

[Turd_Ferguson]

Mongo??

http://epicfails.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/nude-police-car-planking.jpg

[Chuck Bao]

You know what is even more stupid than planking?

Nude planking.

SoonerofAlabama, please close your eyes and ears because you don't need to see this.

http://www.soonerfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=155695

[SoonerofAlabama]

SoonerofAlabama

Got my name right that time. ;)

[olevetonahill]

I aint got a clue as to what it is.:confused:

[yermom]

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/262000_10150711658270430_833895429_19921653_664167 9_n.jpg

:dolemite:

[Mongo]

Mongo??

http://epicfails.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/nude-police-car-planking.jpg

failed linked pic is fail

[CrimsonKel]

Here in Oklahoma, we tend to react quite badly to anything that resembles exercise. Therefore, this planking craze must be stopped.

[Turd_Ferguson]

Here in Oklahoma, we tend to react quite badly to anything that resembles exercise. Therefore, this planking craze must be stopped.Yeah, everybody in OK is fat and out of shape...except for you I'm sure.

[Breadburner]

If some of you negative nellies have seen strippers do this you wouold chnge our minds.....

[jk the sooner fan]

Whats the ****in Point?

when/if you figure that out, let me know - then i might change my vote from "stupid" to something else

[tommieharris91]

If some of you negative nellies have seen strippers do this you wouold chnge our minds.....

Unless you can mount her like that... nope.

[MR2-Sooner86]

It has been slowly popping up on my facebook. I have friends making "planking albums." Why can't streaking become popular again?

[jk the sooner fan]

Here in Oklahoma, we tend to react quite badly to anything that resembles exercise. Therefore, this planking craze must be stopped.

you call that exercise?

really?

[3rdgensooner]

http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/182/media125917.jpg

(http://www.mobli.com/media/show/id/125917)

[sappstuf]

Can the OP add ****ing Stupid to the poll?

TIA

[KantoSooner]

I must be old. I'd never heard of this. Then again, I tend to limit my limited attention span to those things with some sort of content and/or entertainment potential.

[MsProudSooner]

My general rule to live by is, "If a pseudo-celebrity does it, it's stupid."

[49r]

I voted "Buncha kids having fun". Which is most cases == "Stupid" anyways.

Whatever...it's a fad and will probably be gone by the end of summer. Anybody remember the Macarena?

[Mississippi Sooner]

It has been slowly popping up on my facebook. I have friends making "planking albums." Why can't streaking become popular again?

**** yeah!

[BillyBall]

http://newsone.com/nation/newsonestaff2/planking-slavery/

[3rdgensooner]

Owling is the new planking, and other made-up trends (http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/feature/2011/07/12/owling_new_planking_trend?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews)

Pictures of people perching on top of stuff: The new hot forum craze? Come on Internet, we can do better

http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/feature/2011/07/12/owling_new_planking_trend/md_horiz.jpg
Christopher Walken, owling in "The Prophecy."

Planking, also known as "the lying-down game," might be one of the most asinine memes (http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/planking) to ever draw the public's attention. It essentially involves lying rigid in a public space with your hands touching your sides while someone takes a picture. Seems simple enough, but it can apparently kill you (http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/feature/2011/05/16/planking_death_lying). Since I still refuse to believe that planking is a real trend just because the news decided to read an Internet forum one day, I'm even less inclined to take "owling" seriously.

Owling, for those not in the know (until NBC reports on it later tonight), was just created by Reddit members yesterday (http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/search?q=owling&count=25&after=t3_inaie) and is a spin-off of the planking craze. In order to "owl" correctly, one must perch on one's haunches while staring off into space, taking the position of that nocturnal bird (http://www.buzzfeed.com/toddvanluling/owling-is-the-new-planking). Coincidentally, owling is just how I normally sit in chairs (http://spiers.tumblr.com/post/914403731/i-sometimes-worry-about-drews-ability-to-properly), and I can tell you it tends to make people around me very uncomfortable. (Especially at work, since it looks like I am about to jump up and attack them.) Also, if you owl for too long, your legs will fall asleep and you will have terrible posture.

But hey, if the way I sit can become a trend, and a game where you lie down is a thing, why not these other, equally stupid substitutes?

Walking – Posting photos on the Internet in which you are using your legs to propel forward movement.
Garfielding – Posting photos on the Internet of lasagna eating and engaging in puppy cruelty.
GOOPing -- Posting photos on the Internet of drunk cooking (http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/feature/2011/07/08/gwyneth_paltrow_canned_cheese_crack), or draping a friendly arm over the help.
Dilberting – Posting photos on the Internet of banal workplace humor under a 1,000-word diatribe on women's inferiority to men (http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/feature/2011/06/20/scott_adams_dilbert_rape_remarks).
Incepting – Posting a photo within a photo within your third dream state on the Internet. Add disclaimer that people are not allowed to question its validity.
HBOing – Posting topless photos of women on the Internet, then arguing that they aren't gratuitous because they add something to the cultural conversation (http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/feature/2011/07/06/game_of_thrones_sex_and_nudity).
January Jonesing – Posting photos on the Internet of you staring completely expressionless into a camera every time a director yells "Action."

[jumperstop]

I maybe grinned the first time I saw it. As soon as I realized it was a "thing" I was like **** no...

[achiro]

This is our country, folks. smh
I'm pretty sure it started in Australia.

http://newsone.com/nation/newsonestaff2/planking-slavery/

That is one of the dumbest reaches I've ever seen. :rolleyes:

[achiro]

Oh, and yes, it is really stupid.

[NormanPride]

Owling is the new planking, and other made-up trends (http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/feature/2011/07/12/owling_new_planking_trend?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews)

Pictures of people perching on top of stuff: The new hot forum craze? Come on Internet, we can do better

http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/feature/2011/07/12/owling_new_planking_trend/md_horiz.jpg
Christopher Walken, owling in "The Prophecy."

Planking, also known as "the lying-down game," might be one of the most asinine memes (http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/planking) to ever draw the public's attention. It essentially involves lying rigid in a public space with your hands touching your sides while someone takes a picture. Seems simple enough, but it can apparently kill you (http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/feature/2011/05/16/planking_death_lying). Since I still refuse to believe that planking is a real trend just because the news decided to read an Internet forum one day, I'm even less inclined to take "owling" seriously.

Owling, for those not in the know (until NBC reports on it later tonight), was just created by Reddit members yesterday (http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/search?q=owling&count=25&after=t3_inaie) and is a spin-off of the planking craze. In order to "owl" correctly, one must perch on one's haunches while staring off into space, taking the position of that nocturnal bird (http://www.buzzfeed.com/toddvanluling/owling-is-the-new-planking). Coincidentally, owling is just how I normally sit in chairs (http://spiers.tumblr.com/post/914403731/i-sometimes-worry-about-drews-ability-to-properly), and I can tell you it tends to make people around me very uncomfortable. (Especially at work, since it looks like I am about to jump up and attack them.) Also, if you owl for too long, your legs will fall asleep and you will have terrible posture.

But hey, if the way I sit can become a trend, and a game where you lie down is a thing, why not these other, equally stupid substitutes?

Walking – Posting photos on the Internet in which you are using your legs to propel forward movement.
Garfielding – Posting photos on the Internet of lasagna eating and engaging in puppy cruelty.
GOOPing -- Posting photos on the Internet of drunk cooking (http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/feature/2011/07/08/gwyneth_paltrow_canned_cheese_crack), or draping a friendly arm over the help.
Dilberting – Posting photos on the Internet of banal workplace humor under a 1,000-word diatribe on women's inferiority to men (http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/feature/2011/06/20/scott_adams_dilbert_rape_remarks).
Incepting – Posting a photo within a photo within your third dream state on the Internet. Add disclaimer that people are not allowed to question its validity.
HBOing – Posting topless photos of women on the Internet, then arguing that they aren't gratuitous because they add something to the cultural conversation (http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/feature/2011/07/06/game_of_thrones_sex_and_nudity).
January Jonesing – Posting photos on the Internet of you staring completely expressionless into a camera every time a director yells "Action."
That website is terrible.

[Eielson]

I voted for stupid, but after seeing Blake do it, I obviously want to change my vote.

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/large/334849884.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJF3XCCKACR3QDMOA&Expires=1310580730&Signature=uf3KEOvxdq0vsYZ3t0%2FJ6XMD6JE%3D

[StoopTroup]

People have been planking forever it's not new

http://www.visualphotos.com/photo/2x1829833/man_swimming_in_the_water_lying_on_his_surfboard_0 10330bl.jpg

[StoopTroup]

http://www.cannellclassicboats.com/images/cbb_skira_planking2.jpg

[Sooner_Tuf]

Yeah it's getting pretty common to see kids planking. I don't like it so whenever I see someone planking I bean them with a pet rock.

[delhalew]

That website is terrible.

They have a point about Mrs. Jones.