What the F*** is planking? You may be thinking after the Australian internet craze crashed into the International media following the tragic, Darwin Award Contending death of a man. Like most meme's the best way to explain them is simply to show them. So here's your visual guide to planking.
With Planking, the virtual world and real world collide with humours force. Basically, the aim is to lie down somewhere stupid/dangerous/funny (like a plank), take a photo of it and upload it on the internet (mostly via the Facebook page)
The craze has swept up hundreds of people and the ever increasing catalogue of ‘Planking’ photos range from simple domestic settings like the photo on the left to the utterly insane.
The media picked up on the internet phenomena after a man was arrested following his attempt to plank a police car and his subsequent arrest.
The Meme took a tragic turn when Acton Beale, 20 when he plunged seven floors from a 2-inch wide balcony railing in Brisbane.
The death hasn’t put people off though and the craze continues with the press coverage only adding to its popularity and notoriety