me sat night...
JJokin..
I reckon if they roll him over in the coffin he will soon hold the record for the longest plank...
I reckon it's pretty damn funny, there are some pretty imaginative ones. Lets be honest for the most part it's entirely harmless fun but as with everything some people will always take it too far. It's also been around for a fair while now, used to be known as extreme lying down (much like extreme ironing) or 'the lying down game' but morphed into planking and went viral.
The funniest thing to come out of the whole thing imo is the fact that the national news and the bloody PRIME MINISTER are talking about it. Really...doesn't the PM have more pressing matters to attend to than speaking about the 'dangers' of a fundamentally harmless internet meme.
I'm trying to put the phrases "Prime Minister" and "Short Plank" into a sentence .... but can't think of anything....
The kid who planked over the balcony....... 
he becomes Australia's first "PLONKER"
I pissed myself last night when watching the news and they interviewed a guy from the 'Brisbane Planking Association' WTF? I thought he cant be serious.
can standing motionless, waiting in a queue at the Medicare office be called planking?, can this be called vertical planking? I might have to get clarification from the "Brisbane Plankers Assoc". 
Planking has only been around in the mass media for a week and already we're seeing derivatives such as "teapotting" and "Hypothisizing".
What about Kiting versions such as "teabagging" (not the dirty version) or "poo stancing" Doesn't windsurfing have one called "Slalom"?
Supermarket sacks planking employees
Major retailers are cracking down on staff who are caught planking while on the job.
The flat-lying fad which is sweeping Australia is proving unpopular with bosses who claim the manoeuvre is jeopardising the health and safety of staff.
Food superstore Woolworths has sacked eight employees across three states this week for planking on top of meat grinders, display shelves, trolleys and stacks of milk crates, the Daily Telegraph reports.
The staff, including managers, regular staff, nightfill workers and casual employees, boasted about their escapades online, before being dismissed.
Woolworths' risk and safety general manager Anthony Wilson told the newspaper bosses were not trying to be killjoys, it was a case of the plankers putting themselves and customers at risk.
"It's not about being the fun police, it's about making sure people are looking out for their own safety," Mr Wilson said.
"(Planking) is a direct contradiction of our safety and health policy. Our employees have a responsibility to ensure their own safety and the safety of those around them."
The popularity of planking, which involves lying flat and face-down on top of an object and being photographed, has rocketed recently, but also brought widespread condemnation from authorities.
One man has already died attempting to pull the stunt on a balcony in Brisbane, with police making a series of arrests relating to people planking in public across the country.http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8251453/supermarket-sacks-planking-employees
I was going to lie down on the floor on my nice new rug just before and try some planking but all of these reports telling me how dangerous it is stopped me.
I am so glad the media could help. God knows what would could have happened.
just call me the 'original plankster', I've been doing that shnit every night in bed since I was like a baby..
all others are just posers
The Planker needs a life wife
I wonder if you can still get Nat Gruzleski to present? She'd be more fun than planking eh?
