A new trend has appeared on social networks lately and Surkld wanted to share this story with you as we had a good laugh hearing it.
This new wave, called “planking” consists of lying down on the stomach in unusual and sometime dangerous places. Someone has then to take a picture and post it online on social networks’ accounts.
Watch this great compilation:
From our point of view, it sounds quite fun and seems to be harmless but apparently not to everyone.
Michael Brannon, 20 years old Australian, got arrested by the police while he was performing his “planking” on one police car.
Yesterday, the police of the State of Queens land in Australia arrested him and decided to pursue him for “being on police equipment without any prior authorization”.
Michael Brannon, on his side, wrote on Facebook “quite frankly, I think it is absolutely ridiculous for them to arrest me. We were just having harmless fun and they waste both my time and theirs instead of running after criminals”.
In Australia, “planking” Facebook page counts around 10,000 fans and displays hundreds of pictures of people lying down on rails, escalators, fire hydrants and other unusual places.
This is why Australian police decided to monitor closely planking activities.
Matthew Russell, from the police of Gladstone, declared that” planking can be dangerous and its followers take the risk of exposing themselves to further legal proceedings”. He explains it by the fact that “people are putting themselves in danger by always trying to do more than their neighbour”.
Whether you find it stupid or not, we have to admit that some people really have a limitless imagination.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
“Planking", the new trend on social networks!!
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