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15-05-2011, 03:23 PM | #31 | ||
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i dont see the big issue really. obviously some will take it too far, but you get that with any recreational activity.
some light hearted fun for 99% of those involved. but reading some of the facebook comments you would think the participants were child sacrificing devil worshippers or something. Last edited by nstg8a; 15-05-2011 at 03:41 PM. |
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15-05-2011, 03:37 PM | #32 | |||
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I must must admit I laughed when i first read your post stefan looks/sounds like humanity just evolved.... but honestly FFS, how many halfwit numbskulls are out there?!?
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15-05-2011, 03:40 PM | #33 | ||
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Just a bit of fun thats all it is.
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15-05-2011, 03:44 PM | #34 | ||
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Do you think these Plankers are short a few planks.
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15-05-2011, 03:48 PM | #35 | |||
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15-05-2011, 03:49 PM | #36 | |||
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Lots and lots. I live in a high rise on the Gold Coast surrounded by numerous other high rise appartments. I have lost count of the amount of times I have seen w...... either sitting with legs hanging over balcony rails or even stupider yet climbing from one balcony to their friends on the neighbouring balcony. I watched a guy do it from the 18th floor only a couple of weekends ago. They same sort of moron that "planks" on a balcony would be my guess. |
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15-05-2011, 04:16 PM | #37 | |||
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But just think, plankers probably say we're idiots for spending lots of money on old cars, the government doesn't want them either. |
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15-05-2011, 04:32 PM | #38 | ||
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Haha, theres a planking australia facebook group:
Crazy people. |
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15-05-2011, 04:40 PM | #39 | ||
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It would appear that this 'fun' may have cost the life of a 20 year old in Brisbane last night...I doubt this kind of skylarking counts as 'fun' given this news...
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15-05-2011, 04:40 PM | #40 | |||
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15-05-2011, 04:45 PM | #41 | ||||
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15-05-2011, 05:01 PM | #42 | ||
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Very sad if someone died from planking as every death is sad, just like idiots driving cars.
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15-05-2011, 05:41 PM | #43 | |||
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I did some silly things on "mind altering substances" but even at the time, they seemed to have some sort of reasoning behind them. This is just plain pointless!!!
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15-05-2011, 06:21 PM | #44 | |||
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15-05-2011, 07:12 PM | #45 | ||
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i think Extreme Ironing is a much better craze..
planking just looks dumb... but watching a scuba diver try to iron a shirt underwater at least has some comedic value.
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15-05-2011, 08:52 PM | #46 | ||
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who really cares what people want to do in there spare time. if some bloke wants to plank 80m up and falls off big deal that was his choice, they know the risks. i find it hilarious, i had a look at the facebook group and had a great chuckle to myself.
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15-05-2011, 09:01 PM | #47 | ||
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Planking? hell yes! Heres my brother and my efforts!
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15-05-2011, 09:10 PM | #48 | ||
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if i see you on Ennis ave i'll jump out & plank ya.
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15-05-2011, 09:11 PM | #49 | ||
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This is as stupid as chroming IMO...serious who are these people?
I agree its silly that things like this become a "craze", its a sheep mentality. The problem occurs when drunktards give it a crack and the above happens. When I first heard/read about it I was like WTF, then I got even more angry when I realised that MAINSTREAM media has nothing better to do than talk about it..DH's. Everyone makes choices, but jesus, why did this get any airtime? It just gave stupid people something else to waste their time with. Media should be ashamed for talking about it, IIRC it was on the front page of the Herald Sun FFS...its a toilet paper establishment but it gets around.
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15-05-2011, 09:13 PM | #50 | |||
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15-05-2011, 09:14 PM | #51 | ||
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The stupidest thing I've ever seen?
Most likely. Like has been said, already one death and I only heard about this on the radio on the way home today.
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15-05-2011, 09:16 PM | #52 | ||
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QPS had it as a Facebook update...the amount of people that were asking WTF was phenomenal, it seems to have escalated from there...
It seems there are brain dead people everywhere, and the need to 'go one better' than their mate is still alive and well in our society. Sheep mentality and people who obviously have too much time on their hands and not enough brains in their heads...
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15-05-2011, 09:20 PM | #53 | |||
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15-05-2011, 09:50 PM | #54 | |||
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Everyones complaining about planking and how stupid it is, yeah it may be stupid, but I'm sure theres many out there who think modifying cars, doing burnouts, big displacement engines, more than 4 cylinders and racing cars is stupid as well. So far we know one person has died because of it, how many people have died behind the wheel of a car doing silly things? Its not like they're causing anybody harm, chances are they'll only kill themselves. |
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15-05-2011, 09:56 PM | #55 | ||
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Maybe we should send a few of these guys out....
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15-05-2011, 09:59 PM | #56 | |||
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Nowt wrong with Twitter... Use it for all my interests(General news, Politics, Motorsport), and its always up to date and before the TV gets onto anything, let alone newspapers (which is like reading yesterday's internet)
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15-05-2011, 10:21 PM | #57 | ||
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WTF...who comes up with this crap.
I was gonna have a huge rant about the mental state of the people taking part in this childish crap, but that would be giving giving it far more consideration than it deserves. |
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15-05-2011, 10:28 PM | #58 | ||
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This planking thing has been around for years. The amount of times I've gone drinking and I see plenty of people planking in the street....
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15-05-2011, 10:32 PM | #59 | ||
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I have the feeling a couple of you spend more time in front of the tv believing everything it says, than being out having a laugh... Lighten up ay?
Its just a bit of fun thats been taken too far, as per everything else thats ever happened in the world.
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15-05-2011, 10:33 PM | #60 | ||
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pull your heads out of your behinds. To many people spending money on cars is childish crap, collecting old school bmx bikes is childish crap, the list goes on.
Some people like to do certain things. As for the media coverage, dont they also give idiots who drive there cars in an inappropiate manner & lose there lives media coverage every day. |
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