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The '''lying down game''' is an activity consisting of lying face down in an unusual or incongruous location. The hands must touch the sides of the body, and having a photograph of the participant taken and posted on the internet is an integral part of the game.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/6162412/The-lying-down-game-how-to-play.html |title=The lying down game: how to play |author=[Staff] |date=September 9, 2009 |work=The Telegraph |accessdate=November 13, 2010}}</ref> Players compete to find the most unusual and original location in which to play.<ref name="telegraph"/> The location should also be as public as possible, and as many people as possible should be involved.<ref name="mail">{{cite web |url=
The '''lying down game''' (also known as '''planking''' in Australia and New Zealand<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/queensland/how-police-unwittingly-sparked-a-planking-frenzy-20110516-1ep9o.html|work=The Age|title=How police unwittingly sparked a planking frenzy|author=Marissa Calligeros|date=May 16, 2011|accessdate=May 16, 2011}}</ref>) is an activity consisting of lying face down in an unusual or incongruous location. The hands must touch the sides of the body, and having a photograph of the participant taken and posted on the internet is an integral part of the game.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/6162412/The-lying-down-game-how-to-play.html |title=The lying down game: how to play |author=[Staff] |date=September 9, 2009 |work=The Telegraph |accessdate=November 13, 2010}}</ref> Players compete to find the most unusual and original location in which to play.<ref name="telegraph"/> The location should also be as public as possible, and as many people as possible should be involved.<ref name="mail">{{cite web |url=
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1198572/Find-odd-place-lie-face--Is-pointless-internet-craze-yet.html |title=Find an odd place and lie face down... Is this the most pointless internet craze yet? |author=Daily Mail Reporter [Staff]|date=July 20, 2009 |work=The Daily Mail |accessdate=November 13, 2010}}</ref>
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1198572/Find-odd-place-lie-face--Is-pointless-internet-craze-yet.html |title=Find an odd place and lie face down... Is this the most pointless internet craze yet? |author=Daily Mail Reporter [Staff]|date=July 20, 2009 |work=The Daily Mail |accessdate=November 13, 2010}}</ref>

It is known as "[[Planking (fad)|Planking]]" in Australia and New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/queensland/how-police-unwittingly-sparked-a-planking-frenzy-20110516-1ep9o.html|work=The Age|title=How police unwittingly sparked a planking frenzy|author=Marissa Calligeros|date=May 16, 2011|accessdate=May 16, 2011}}</ref>


The game, which has been described as "[[Parkour]] for those who can’t be [[wikt:arsed|arsed]]"<ref name="times">{{cite web |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6827618.ece |title=Seven NHS staff suspended over Facebook 'Lying Down Game' pictures |author=Simon de Bruxelles |date=September 10, 2009 |work=The Times |accessdate=November 13, 2010}}</ref>, was invented by Gary Clarkson and Christian Langdon in 1997<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/697355 |title=Lying Down Game latest Web rage |author=Cathal Kelly |date=September 19, 2009 |work=The Star |accessdate=November 13, 2010}}</ref> and first became popular in the [[North East England|northeast]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/5793939/The-lying-down-game-on-Facebook.html |title=The lying down game on Facebook |author=[Staff] |date=[undated] |work=The Telegraph |accessdate=November 13, 2010}}</ref>, then all of Britain by the summer of 2009,<ref name="times"/> reaching the point by late 2010 that it was described by [[Andrew Sullivan]] as "sweeping Britain."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/11/lying-down-in-public.html |title=Lying down in public |author=Andrew Sullivan |date=November 12, 2010 |work=The Daily Dish |publisher=The Atlantic |accessdate=November 13, 2010}}</ref>
The game, which has been described as "[[Parkour]] for those who can’t be [[wikt:arsed|arsed]]"<ref name="times">{{cite web |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6827618.ece |title=Seven NHS staff suspended over Facebook 'Lying Down Game' pictures |author=Simon de Bruxelles |date=September 10, 2009 |work=The Times |accessdate=November 13, 2010}}</ref>, was invented by Gary Clarkson and Christian Langdon in 1997<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/697355 |title=Lying Down Game latest Web rage |author=Cathal Kelly |date=September 19, 2009 |work=The Star |accessdate=November 13, 2010}}</ref> and first became popular in the [[North East England|northeast]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/5793939/The-lying-down-game-on-Facebook.html |title=The lying down game on Facebook |author=[Staff] |date=[undated] |work=The Telegraph |accessdate=November 13, 2010}}</ref>, then all of Britain by the summer of 2009,<ref name="times"/> reaching the point by late 2010 that it was described by [[Andrew Sullivan]] as "sweeping Britain."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/11/lying-down-in-public.html |title=Lying down in public |author=Andrew Sullivan |date=November 12, 2010 |work=The Daily Dish |publisher=The Atlantic |accessdate=November 13, 2010}}</ref>
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The game has been described by some as "pointless".<ref name="mail"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://observers.france24.com/content/20090923-facebook-lying-down-game-hospital-staff-suspended-swindon-england?page=1 |title=When playing a Facebook game could cost you your job |author=[Staff] |date=September 23, 2009 |work=France 24 International News |accessdate=November 13, 2010}}</ref>
The game has been described by some as "pointless".<ref name="mail"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://observers.france24.com/content/20090923-facebook-lying-down-game-hospital-staff-suspended-swindon-england?page=1 |title=When playing a Facebook game could cost you your job |author=[Staff] |date=September 23, 2009 |work=France 24 International News |accessdate=November 13, 2010}}</ref>

==Planking==
The term "planking" was coined in [[Gladstone, Queensland|Gladstone]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Russel|first=Mathew|title=Planking Gladstone|url=http://www.police.qld.gov.au/News+and+Alerts/Media+Releases/2011/05/Planking+Gladstone.htm|publisher=Queensland Police|accessdate=2011-05-26}}</ref> Queensland, Australia and became a [[fad]] in 2011.<ref name="Waters_20110512_Layabouts_SMH">Georgia Waters (12 May 2011), [http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/layabouts-plank-their-way-across-town-in-latest-net-craze-20110512-1ejun.html "Layabouts plank their way across town in latest net craze"], ''Sydney Morning Herald''</ref>

Planking has its origins in the lying down game (1997<ref>Cathal Kelly (19 September 2009), [http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/697355 "Lying Down Game latest Web rage"], ''The Star'', last accessed 17 May 2011</ref> or 2006<ref name="Brad_2011_Lying_KYM"/>) in Europe and Japan.<ref name="Waters_20110512_Layabouts_SMH"/> It has also been known as "시체놀이" ("playing dead", South Korea 2003),<ref>http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/playing-dead#.TdH-d8072Gs</ref><ref>http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/playing-dead/children#.TdH-wc072Gs</ref> "à plat ventre" ("On one’s belly", France 2004),<ref name="Brad_2011_Lying_KYM">http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lying-down-game#.TdIAPM072Gt</ref> and "extreme lying down" (2008, Australasia).<ref name="Hayes_20110517_Friends"/>

Australian [[National Rugby League]] player [[David Williams (rugby league)|David "Wolfman" Williams]] planked after a try during the [[Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles]] vs [[Newcastle Knights]] game on 27 March 2011.<ref>triplejtv [Official Youtube channel of Triple J] (27 March 2011) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--sUOB1ZODk "David 'Wolfman' Williams' triple j public planking debut"], Triple J (Australia), video rebroadcast of 76:42–+0:32 of Sea Eagles versus Knights, 27 March 2011, planking visible at 0:10. </ref> He went on to talk about it on ''[[The Footy Show (rugby league)|The Footy Show]]'', where Williams described it as "pretty much, active lying down".<ref>The Footy Show (NRL) (21 April 2011), [http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/nrl/footyshow/video/?videoid=0846ce25-4b70-415f-9f59-43631a4f2cab&tab=1 "The Boys chat to Michael Ennis and Wolfman"] ''[http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/nrl/footyshow/video/ NRL Footy Show],'' Wide World of Sports, ninemsn, video 13:24 long, content on planking at 8:37–11:05, quote at 9:01–9:04.</ref>

On 13 May 2011, a 20-year-old man from [[Gladstone, Queensland|Gladstone]] in central [[Queensland]] was charged for allegedly planking on a police vehicle.<ref name="Staff_20110513_Planking_Telegraph">[Staff] (13 May 2011) "Planking the latest net craze" ''The Daily Telegraph'' (Sydney, NSW) p. 9.</ref>

On 15 May 2011, Acton Beale, a 20-year-old man, plunged to his death after reportedly "planking" on a seventh-floor balcony in [[Brisbane]], Australia. This is the first known casualty of the planking fad.<ref>
*[Staff/AAP Staff] (15 May 2011) [http://www.theage.com.au/national/death-fall-after-planking-20110515-1enxf.html "Death fall after planking"], ''The Age''
*Monique Ross, [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/16/3217860.htm "Plankers unfazed by Brisbane man's death"], ''ABC News Online'', 16 May 2011
*Marissa Calligeros, [http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/dangerous-planking-continues-as-organisers-plead-for-caution-20110516-1eoik.html "Dangerous planking continues as organisers plead for caution"], ''brisbanetimes'', 16 May 2011
*Marissa Calligeros, Saffron Howden (16 May 2011), [http://www.smh.com.au/national/planker-tries-new-craze-and-plunges-to-his-death-20110515-1eod4.html "Planker tries new craze and plunges to his death"], ''Sydney Morning Herald''</ref> Acton Beale's friends have accused Paul Carran, a New Zealander living in Sydney who claims to have invented planking in 2008, of bearing responsibility for Beale's death by promoting planking.<ref name="Hayes_20110517_Friends">Samantha Hayes (17 May 2011), [http://www.3news.co.nz/Friends-blame-Kiwi-for-plankers-death/tabid/417/articleID/211560/Default.aspx "Friends blame Kiwi for planker's death"], ''3 News'' Auckland, New Zealand: TV3.</ref> Australia's Prime Minister, [[Julia Gillard]], warned plankers that their "focus has to be on keeping yourself safe first".<ref>[Staff/AAP Staff] [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/julia-gillard-joins-warnings-against-the-craze-of-planking/story-e6frg6nf-1226056663250 "Julia Gillard joins warnings against the craze of 'planking'"], ''The Australian'', 16 May 2011</ref> The [[Liberal National Party of Queensland|Queensland Opposition]] and the [[Queensland Police Service|state's police]] have called for people to stop participating in the fad.<ref>Monique Ross (16 May 2011), [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/16/3217860.htm "Plankers unfazed by Brisbane man's death"], ''ABC News Online''</ref>
[[File:PlankingTheTajMahal.jpg|thumb|Three people plank the [[Taj Mahal]]]]
On 18 May 2011, [[IndyCar Series]] driver [[Scott Dixon]] planked on the tires of his race car, prompting fellow racer [[Tony Kanaan]] and his pit crew to compete with him.<ref>Marshall Pruett (18 May 2011), [http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/indycar-dixon-leads-planking-competition-on-day-5-at-indy "Indycar: Dixon Leads Planking Competition On Day 5 At Indy"], ''Speed with Foxsports.com on msn''</ref>

Recent cases also include students in [[New Zealand]], leading some school principals to speak out against the fad. On 19 May 2011, a student was caught planking on the ledge of a secondary school building in the central North Island.<ref>[http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/nz-youth-caught-planking-school-4179603 "NZ youth caught planking at school"] ONE News (19 May 2011)</ref> On 25 May 2011, a student was caught planking on a railway line, in front of an oncoming train. Authorities will not reveal which part of [[New Zealand]] this occurred, but the student was reportedly not harmed. Numerous students in NSW have been caught planking during school time, and reported planking peoples' cars in driveways and doorways after knocking. The colloquial term for this behaviour is "Knock 'n' Plank", related to "Knock 'n' run".<ref>[http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/planking-craze-hits-another-low-4188001 "Planking craze hits another low"] Newstalk ZB/ONE News (25 May 2011)</ref>
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Not to be confused with Plank (exercise).
Person playing the lying down game in a field

The lying down game (also known as planking in Australia and New Zealand[1]) is an activity consisting of lying face down in an unusual or incongruous location. The hands must touch the sides of the body, and having a photograph of the participant taken and posted on the internet is an integral part of the game.[2] Players compete to find the most unusual and original location in which to play.[2] The location should also be as public as possible, and as many people as possible should be involved.[3]

The game, which has been described as "Parkour for those who can’t be arsed"[4], was invented by Gary Clarkson and Christian Langdon in 1997[5] and first became popular in the northeast[6], then all of Britain by the summer of 2009,[4] reaching the point by late 2010 that it was described by Andrew Sullivan as "sweeping Britain."[7]

The game made news in September of 2009, when seven doctors and nurses working at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, England were suspended for playing the lying down game while on duty.[4][8][9]

The game has been described by some as "pointless".[3][10]

Planking

The term "planking" was coined in Gladstone,[11] Queensland, Australia and became a fad in 2011.[12]

Planking has its origins in the lying down game (1997[13] or 2006[14]) in Europe and Japan.[12] It has also been known as "시체놀이" ("playing dead", South Korea 2003),[15][16] "à plat ventre" ("On one’s belly", France 2004),[14] and "extreme lying down" (2008, Australasia).[17]

Australian National Rugby League player David "Wolfman" Williams planked after a try during the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles vs Newcastle Knights game on 27 March 2011.[18] He went on to talk about it on The Footy Show, where Williams described it as "pretty much, active lying down".[19]

On 13 May 2011, a 20-year-old man from Gladstone in central Queensland was charged for allegedly planking on a police vehicle.[20]

On 15 May 2011, Acton Beale, a 20-year-old man, plunged to his death after reportedly "planking" on a seventh-floor balcony in Brisbane, Australia. This is the first known casualty of the planking fad.[21] Acton Beale's friends have accused Paul Carran, a New Zealander living in Sydney who claims to have invented planking in 2008, of bearing responsibility for Beale's death by promoting planking.[17] Australia's Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, warned plankers that their "focus has to be on keeping yourself safe first".[22] The Queensland Opposition and the state's police have called for people to stop participating in the fad.[23]

Three people plank the Taj Mahal

On 18 May 2011, IndyCar Series driver Scott Dixon planked on the tires of his race car, prompting fellow racer Tony Kanaan and his pit crew to compete with him.[24]

Recent cases also include students in New Zealand, leading some school principals to speak out against the fad. On 19 May 2011, a student was caught planking on the ledge of a secondary school building in the central North Island.[25] On 25 May 2011, a student was caught planking on a railway line, in front of an oncoming train. Authorities will not reveal which part of New Zealand this occurred, but the student was reportedly not harmed. Numerous students in NSW have been caught planking during school time, and reported planking peoples' cars in driveways and doorways after knocking. The colloquial term for this behaviour is "Knock 'n' Plank", related to "Knock 'n' run".[26]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Planking.

References

  1. ^ Marissa Calligeros (May 16, 2011). "How police unwittingly sparked a planking frenzy". The Age. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
  2. ^ a b [Staff] (September 9, 2009). "The lying down game: how to play". The Telegraph. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  3. ^ a b Daily Mail Reporter [Staff] (July 20, 2009). "Find an odd place and lie face down... Is this the most pointless internet craze yet?". The Daily Mail. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  4. ^ a b c Simon de Bruxelles (September 10, 2009). "Seven NHS staff suspended over Facebook 'Lying Down Game' pictures". The Times. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  5. ^ Cathal Kelly (September 19, 2009). "Lying Down Game latest Web rage". The Star. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  6. ^ [Staff] ([undated]). "The lying down game on Facebook". The Telegraph. Retrieved November 13, 2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ Andrew Sullivan (November 12, 2010). "Lying down in public". The Daily Dish. The Atlantic. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  8. ^ Richard Savill (September 9, 2009). "Hospital staff suspended over Facebook 'lying down game' pictures". The Telegraph. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  9. ^ The Times [Staff] (September 10, 2009). "Internet Craze 'Lying Down Game' Gets 7 Doctors, Nurses Suspended in Emergency Ward". Fox News. Retrieved November 13, 2010. Using content from The Times.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  10. ^ [Staff] (September 23, 2009). "When playing a Facebook game could cost you your job". France 24 International News. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  11. ^ Russel, Mathew. "Planking Gladstone". Queensland Police. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
  12. ^ a b Georgia Waters (12 May 2011), "Layabouts plank their way across town in latest net craze", Sydney Morning Herald
  13. ^ Cathal Kelly (19 September 2009), "Lying Down Game latest Web rage", The Star, last accessed 17 May 2011
  14. ^ a b http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lying-down-game#.TdIAPM072Gt
  15. ^ http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/playing-dead#.TdH-d8072Gs
  16. ^ http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/playing-dead/children#.TdH-wc072Gs
  17. ^ a b Samantha Hayes (17 May 2011), "Friends blame Kiwi for planker's death", 3 News Auckland, New Zealand: TV3.
  18. ^ triplejtv [Official Youtube channel of Triple J] (27 March 2011) "David 'Wolfman' Williams' triple j public planking debut", Triple J (Australia), video rebroadcast of 76:42–+0:32 of Sea Eagles versus Knights, 27 March 2011, planking visible at 0:10.
  19. ^ The Footy Show (NRL) (21 April 2011), "The Boys chat to Michael Ennis and Wolfman" NRL Footy Show, Wide World of Sports, ninemsn, video 13:24 long, content on planking at 8:37–11:05, quote at 9:01–9:04.
  20. ^ [Staff] (13 May 2011) "Planking the latest net craze" The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW) p. 9.
  21. ^
  22. ^ [Staff/AAP Staff] "Julia Gillard joins warnings against the craze of 'planking'", The Australian, 16 May 2011
  23. ^ Monique Ross (16 May 2011), "Plankers unfazed by Brisbane man's death", ABC News Online
  24. ^ Marshall Pruett (18 May 2011), "Indycar: Dixon Leads Planking Competition On Day 5 At Indy", Speed with Foxsports.com on msn
  25. ^ "NZ youth caught planking at school" ONE News (19 May 2011)
  26. ^ "Planking craze hits another low" Newstalk ZB/ONE News (25 May 2011)

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