Planking

[mxspyder]

I have never heard of this, but I don't see what the authorities are worried about.

Surely this exactly what Darwin writing about?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13389...

[Rude-boy]

If this had been a couple of dwarves would the Police have referred to them as being as thick as two short planks?

[andy400]

Planking - straight to the top of my list of 'Things That Are Really Stupid & Pointless'

Clearly the world is full of people without the imagination to fill the 'too much time on their hands'.

[Chrisw666]

Sympathy = None

Nice to see we will have a new moral panic for a few weeks, especially since the media have just caused 1000's of people who had never heard of it to discover planking and no doubt join in the 'craze'

[Corsair7]

mxspyder said:

I have never heard of this, but I don't see what the authorities are worried about.

Surely this exactly what Darwin writing about?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13389...

What a plank.

[Ozzie Osmond]

If you think Planking is stupid, check out "tombstoning". Lots of deaths and serious bisablements already - noteably in the South-West of UK.

Rule 1. Alcohol and water don't mix.

[Tsippy]

[paulrockliffe]

There's some made up offences in that article surely?

[eldar]

paulrockliffe said:

There's some made up offences in that article surely?

Not at all, being on police equipment without lawful excuse is the foundation of Australian law.

Possibly.

[StevieBee]

Ozzie Osmond said:

Rule 1. Alcohol and water don't mix.

We clearly drink in different pubs!

[Taffer]

[topgunstyle]'The coroner's department regrets to inform you that your son is dead because he was stupid'[/topgunstyle]

[g3org3y]

mxspyder said:

Surely this exactly what Darwin writing about?

[AJS-]

Planking! Terrible. It should be banned.

Seems like a non-story to try out a new term dreamed up by the media to describe people being stupid.

I suppose "Man dies following act of stupidity" wouldn't make much of a story though.

[Pints]

AJS- said:

Planking! Terrible. It should be banned.

Seems like a non-story to try out a new term dreamed up by the media to describe people being stupid.

I suppose "Man dies following act of stupidity" wouldn't make much of a story though.

You want to ban somebody from doing something stupid? Just to add another to a list of laws we don't need.

Let Darwin work his magic. And if it means having to pay for a few poor, stupid souls who will spend the rest of their lives in a wheelchair, then that's fine by me. If only to protect one of the few freedoms we still have left, that is to let idiots photograph themselves doing idiotic things.

[AJS-]

Pints said:

You want to ban somebody from doing something stupid? Just to add another to a list of laws we don't need.

Let Darwin work his magic. And if it means having to pay for a few poor, stupid souls who will spend the rest of their lives in a wheelchair, then that's fine by me. If only to protect one of the few freedoms we still have left, that is to let idiots photograph themselves doing idiotic things.

I was being tongue-in-cheek, in my best Daily Mail sort of rage.

On the contrary I think people should be free to be as stupid as they like, and we would have a healthier, happier and smaller population as a result.

It just makes me laugh the way they come up with these terms and try and make them into some sort of new invention, when it's realyl just people being stupid.

[ZOLLAR]

Totally O/T but it just reminded me of this film



Brilliant film

[mxspyder]

ZOLLAR said:

Totally O/T but it just reminded me of this film



Brilliant film

Did anybody die though, or was this one of those Hollywood films that glamourised bad behavior?

[ZOLLAR]

mxspyder said:

Did anybody die though, or was this one of those Hollywood films that glamourised bad behavior?

Nooo nobody died, I just saw "planking" and it reminded me of the film.
It's an old classic about a plank that cause havoc

[S. Gonzales Esq.]

What a great excuse to introduce some more people to the work of Eric Sykes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R75WrhG4T54&fea...

[Matt..]

It seems Indycar wanted some more exposure:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/izodindycar/sets/7215...