An employee of the hospital's governing body told the press: "It reflects badly on the department and some people may lose their jobs. Things escalated. A few days later, in Stoke-on-Trent, a mass gathering of plankers for a simultaneous lie down attracted more than people.
The photos posted to Facebook became bolder and more bizarre. One audacious airport worker performed the plank in the idle engine fan of a jet plane. It's not clear — and Clarkson and Langdon don't remember — where exactly the idea for planking came from. Some commenters have linked the practice to the video for the Radiohead song, Just.
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. They persist, and eventually he relents. Dow Jones. By Amir Efrati. To Read the Full Story. Subscribe Sign In. Planking takes its name from how players mimic a wooden board by lying rigid -- preferably in a public place or on an unusual spot, such as a washing machine, a sign or a railing.
The point is to post a wacky planking photo online. But Acton Beale, the year-old Aussie who fell seven stories while planking on a high-rise balcony, upped the ante to fatal consequences, police said.
While some have expressed disapproval, including the Australian police and prime minister, the spotlight has helped the activity reach a wider audience. All the recent attention has sparked a flood of fresh planking photos, as well as YouTube clips of television-news anchors face down on their desks.
Diplo , a popular electronic-music DJ, wrote on Twitter: "planking right now. On May 25th, another student was caught planking on a railway line, in front of an oncoming train. 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:.
His tweets were picked up by hundreds of his followers and celebrity news blogs like Gawker [11] and TMZ [12] and BET [14] reported on Xzibit's comments.
However, in tweets that followed up later, Xzibit denied ever labeling the game "racist. On July 28th, fans gathered at the Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles for the premiere for the documentary "Electronic Daisy Carnival Experience" about the annual electronic music festival. When the crowd became too large, people began spilling into the street and police were called on to the scene to control the increasingly chaotic situation.
During the standoff, a group of fans planked in a row in front of the police:. After being inundated with angry tweets from Chris Brown fans, Andy made a sarcastic apology during a segment on Fox News on August 18th, The video was posted to Reddit [17] , and the Daily What [18] on August 19th, 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.
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.
The bill further recommends proper sanctions and specifically target "bona fide" students, whether they attend universities or elementary schools. The proposal of "Anti-Planking Act" was first introduced by Castelo in , following several news reports about safety hazards surrounding the global photo fad.
The bill mostly remained inactive for over a year until September 19th, , when a group of students were seen planking in the capital city of Manila during the nationwide transport strike over high oil prices. According to the local news reports, Castelo's renewed initiative has been reported as a direct response to the Filippino planking protesters.
Sunday New York Times Magazine's comics section also poked sarcasm at the Filipino legislation by listing "planking" as one of the activities one should avoid when rioting.
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. Ryan Hart apparently upset cops by lying across a police memorial monument in front of the county jail. Popkin on December 9th, , who noted that Hart attempted to claim the images were fabricated.
Approached individually by the police, both Alexander Hart, 19 and Ryan Hart, 21, first claimed the photos were Photoshopped before finally fessing up. View All Videos. View All Images. Show Comments. In preparation for One Piece's thousandth episode, the cast of the upcoming One Piece live-action series has been revealed.
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