It began 14 years ago with a pair of bored kids. Gary Clarkson, then 15, and his friend Christian Langdon, 12, would perform the plank in public places, amusing one another and baffling onlookers. Back then, it was known simply as the Lying Down Game. It was a pointedly pointless way for the boys to pass the time. As Clarkson puts it: "It was just a really stupid, random thing to do. For its first 10 years planking spread at a snail's pace, from Clarkson and Langdon to their friends at school and, after a while, on to other kids from the neighbourhood.
Then, in , when the pair created a Facebook group for their game, the pace accelerated. Soon, they had a few thousand followers.
Photographs of plankers trickled in from all over the world: American plankers on the tops of their televisions, British plankers in trees, and Europeans on country roads and the banks of fjords.
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Read full article. More content below. Then, in , when the pair created a Facebook group for their game, the pace accelerated. Soon, they had a few thousand followers.
Photographs of plankers trickled in from all over the world: American plankers on the tops of their televisions, British plankers in trees, and Europeans on country roads and the banks of fjords. The craze began to garner its first major press coverage in September , when a group of seven accident-and-emergency staff were suspended pending disciplinary hearings for playing the game while on a night shift at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon.
They might not have been caught had they not then posted the photos to Facebook, under the slightly self-defeating name The Secret Swindon Emergency Department Group. An employee of the hospital's governing body told the press: "It reflects badly on the department and some people may lose their jobs. A few days later, in Stoke-on-Trent, a mass gathering of plankers for a simultaneous lie down attracted more than people. It's not clear - and Clarkson and Langdon don't remember - where exactly the idea for planking came from.
In the video, a man lies down on a busy London road and a crowd of strangers gather to try to understand and help him.
He refuses to move, or to tell them why he's lying there. Read Edit History. About Planking is a photo fad which involves lying face down with arms to the sides in unusual public spaces, photographing the scene and sharing the image online. Origin The phenomenon started to gain momentum across the country in March , when the pro-rugby player David "Wolfman" Williams planked shown below after a try during the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles vs Newcastle Knights game held on March 27th, Spread The "planking" game quickly caught on with Australian youths, with the official Facebook page [3] gaining over , fans within the first week.
Rules of Planking According to the official Facebook page, the following rules should be kept in mind: 1. You must always lay face down, ensuring your face remains expressionless for the duration of the Plank. Your legs must remain straight, and together with toes pointed. Your arms must be placed by your side, held straight and fingers pointed. You must make it known that you are Planking. Saying 'I am Planking' usually get this across.
Sternly announcing it will ensure a good result. Your safety should always be considered. Properly thought through Planking procedures should always go to plan. Never put your self at undue risk. Every Plank that is captured must be named. Death by Planking On May 15th, the "planking" phenomenon became a highly controversial topic in the news media when Acton Beale, a 20 year old man, plunged to death from an attempt at "planking" on a seventh floor balcony is Brisbane, Australia.
Slavery Controversy On July 6th, , Rapper Xzibit openly expressed his disdain for the popular planking game via Twitter post, calling it "the dumbest shit ever" and claiming that the fad was related to slavery:. Video Game Planking On August 30th, , the blog Slactory [19] posted an article titled "Virtual Planking: Video Games Go Face Down" with a compilation of planking examples from various video games inspired by a hipster e-honda planking image.
Anti-Planking Act in the Philippines On September 19th, , Quezon city's representative Winston Castelo filed a bill called the "Anti-Planking Act of ," which would serve as a "universal code of student" conduct and strictly prohibit planking "as a form of redress of grievance" during street protests. Criminal Charges On December 8th, , The Smoking Gun [23] published an article about two teeanger brothers, Wisconsin residents Alexander and Ryan Hart, who had been criminally charged after the Manitowoc police department discovered photos and video of their planking exploits that had been uploaded to the Internet.
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