Planking - Anyone ? - Page 4

Franco Cozzo · 16-05-2011, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Sezzy

Well go forth and conquer, don't forget to write your will and tell your parents you love them before you do it...

The boss didn't like the idea of us doing it on one of our ambulances unfortunately.

I wonder how many children I will kill lying down flat on my face (besides me)? OH THE HUMANITY! SOMEONE LOCK ME UP BEFORE I KILL MYSELF!

I do it every night when I sleep.

SEZ213 · 16-05-2011, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Damo

The boss didn't like the idea of us doing it on one of our ambulances unfortunately.

Are you REALLY surprised?

Franco Cozzo · 16-05-2011, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Sezzy

Are you REALLY surprised?

No but it would have been funny with the siren and lights on

**DJR-351** · 16-05-2011, 06:06 PM

They could always be hired as temporary speed bumps for road works, they have the obvious qualifications.....

HULK EF · 16-05-2011, 06:11 PM

one has to wonder why this planker chose a balcony railing 7 stories up.. 2.-2.5 seconds freefall cursing planking..
There's always going to be idiots out there figuring out new dumb ways to kill themselves...

Uncle Raggy · 16-05-2011, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by DJR-351

They could always be hired as temporary speed bumps for road works, they have the obvious qualifications.....

I think you've nailed it there mate

Eleanor · 16-05-2011, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by HULK EF

one has to wonder why this planker chose a balcony railing 7 stories up.. 2.-2.5 seconds freefall cursing planking..
There's always going to be idiots out there figuring out new dumb ways to kill themselves...

Depending how drunk he was he probably didn't even know what he was doing.

SEZ213 · 16-05-2011, 06:42 PM

I'm not so sure that these people have the prerequisites for thinking...not even with a potential $293 fine if they're caught doing anything illegal...

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/mor...-1226056212336

NC1183 · 16-05-2011, 06:45 PM

Is this thread still going....

Who cares, some people get it, others don't. Its an internet fad and will fade. I just feel sorry for the ambo's, police and the families of those who improve the gene pool by failing at it.

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Taken from another forum.....

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Originally Posted by Rotorburn

it's just a mock extreme sport, invented as a bit of a joke.
i bet a lot of people don't understand what's appealing about riding a bike everywhere but i bet they don't go out and have a ***** about it on planking forums...

of course it's not fun or funny when someone dies doing it but the guy who fell made the decision to plank in a stupid/dangerous place and he paid the ultimate price.

it's just people doing dumb things so others can have a laugh at their expense, what's wrong with people having a bit of a joke?
don't take life so seriously or you'll end up being that cranky, bitter, lonely old man that yelled at you when you were a kid for laughing too loudly in a playground.

nstg8a · 16-05-2011, 06:47 PM

lol, some are taking this waaaaaay too seriously...

MITCHAY · 16-05-2011, 06:57 PM

Lol planking. What loser came up with that

Ralliart · 16-05-2011, 07:31 PM

yet another internet sensation and everybody does it

my_gxl · 16-05-2011, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by HULK EF

one has to wonder why this planker chose a balcony railing 7 stories up.. 2.-2.5 seconds freefall cursing planking..
There's always going to be idiots out there figuring out new dumb ways to kill themselves...

A nomination for the Darwin awards???

vztrt · 16-05-2011, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Sezzy

Well go forth and conquer, don't forget to write your will and tell your parents you love them before you do it...

I guess one should do the same when they are about to drive their car.

DoreSlamR · 16-05-2011, 08:06 PM

Planking is old!

Many of the locals up near Broome used to plank in the middle of the road or front lawn all the time, they'd do it all night though, makes it difficult to drive home with all these speed humps in the way.

Lawn mower soon wakes them up though!

TRUBLU4DS · 16-05-2011, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BENT_8

Pfft..you've got to be joking yeah.
Spending money on vehicles etc. is a constructive past time and can be educational, what benefit does a 'Planker' get from posing like this.

Pffffffffft..Not joking, simple fact is the majority of the population think we're idiots for spending big $$$ on cars.

People are having a laugh planking, some will do stupid things just like people do stupid things in cars.

btw people who drink beer/alcohol everyday are idiots to me to but its there choice, just like its a persons choice to plank.

Bucknaked · 16-05-2011, 08:39 PM

I'm waiting for people to dress up as pirates and start "walking the planking"

Whitey-AMG · 16-05-2011, 09:01 PM

I wanna see someone planking the white dividing lines on a free flowing freeway .........then I'll be impressed.......LOL

Although it sounds harmless.....you can easily see this kinda thing spiralling out of control with people trying to outplank each other with more and more precarious planking. I must admit though......I've seen some damned funny pictures.

TICK4D · 16-05-2011, 09:12 PM

I thought they were bloody joking when the news presenter said he was planking, i was in stitches.....planking bwahahahahaa.

**DJM83** · 16-05-2011, 09:21 PM

Still dont get it, but each to their own it doesnt affect me so im not bothered.

XD 351 Ute · 16-05-2011, 09:43 PM

This is my effort - mini-planking:

Ed

wrongwaynorris · 17-05-2011, 10:44 AM

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertain...storey-balcony

Someone give him a push please .

tex · 17-05-2011, 11:29 AM

Planking?

WTF?

Never heard of it until the news story, and all I have to say is people are motivated to do some strange things, for reasons I'll never understand.

HULK EF · 17-05-2011, 11:41 AM

smoking and drinking are weird things to me.. never done either.. 28.. never smokrd.. never tipsy/drunk... each to their own i say.. planking..well.. aslong as not a danger to yourself or others.. then wgo care's.. just a bit of fun...

A-B drivers wonder y i spend a cent on my ride....

Zero_PSI · 17-05-2011, 12:05 PM

Planking is dumb

I find it hillarious

TheSneakiness · 17-05-2011, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by HULK EF

planking..well.. aslong as not a danger to yourself or others.. then wgo care's.. just a bit of fun...

Fun??

Lying down face first is fun??

The stupidity of young people simply astounds me.

FgNewbie · 17-05-2011, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Rapid_Axe

Fun??

Lying down face first is fun??

The stupidity of young people simply astounds me.

Some people are eager to be lying face up... 6 foot under... and it's not only the young

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertain...storey-balcony

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Photos have emerged of Footy Show star Sam Newman "planking" on the railing of a 40-storey balcony, taken hours before a Queensland man fell to his death attempting a similar stunt

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Planking, also known as the "lying down game", became popular in the UK in 2006 but has recently enjoyed a resurgence in Australia after NRL player David Williams attempted the stunt after scoring a try.

This one may live to regret his "fun"
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/...-surfing-stunt

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A car surfing stunt has left a young man with serious head injuries after he slammed into a road in northern NSW.

The 21-year-old was standing on the boot of a moving car as it travelled down Henderson Lane, Inverell, about 8.45pm (AEST) on Monday, police say.

He suffered serious head injuries when he fell from the vehicle driven by a 19-year-old man

Sam_Boss260 · 17-05-2011, 12:48 PM

Last Friday night, we went out after work for my going away party, and in the bathroom was a guy lying face down across the bathroom vanities / sinks, with another guy taking a photo. I didn't think anything of it until I heard about the guy who died at Kangaroo Point. So now I know what planking is....

**GasoLane** · 17-05-2011, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by GT

I now understand how old I really am! I firstly had to Google the subject as i thought it was something to do with lengths of timber and once I discovered what it was all about, I desperately looked for one photo that made me at least smile. I just don't get it and didn't find it the slightest funny. I will say, it is better to see the young doing this rather than Tagging.

GT

I'm with you on the age/ Google bit. I too had to look it up.

The only form of 'Planking' I'd ever heard of was by IRA supporters in Northern Ireland to scare the crap out of British soldiers.

(A 6' plank being slapped down hard on a flat surface sounds remarkably like a gunshot)

**DJR-351** · 17-05-2011, 01:05 PM

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