Why do I keep seeing people lying on the floor?

[ElfOnTheTopShelf]

Honestly?
The other day I was driving my car and I could see a man lying down on the middle of the island, he looked like he had passed out. I couldn't stop and see if he was okay, so I rang the local police station and they checked it out (and later rang me back to say he was a drunk, and "having a rest"). I have been laughed at for being concerned about the man.
Yesterday I was driving again, picking my DD up, and as I was driving down the main road to come home, there was a teenager (maybe, looked like early teens) lying on the street corner, with one of those little scooters near him. I immediately thought that he had fallen off and hurt himself, only to notice an odd pose and his friends taking photographs of him. Saw in my rearview mirror the boy lying on the floor get up and laugh. I can only assume he was planking?
Do other people keep seeing people just lying in the street? Or is it just in my area?!

Was there Capri Sun on sale nearby?

No its just you. Do you live in Sleepy Town?

That's called 'planking' and is the latest "craze" that's taken the nation. What Divs!

PercyFilth

It's planking...it's strange and bizarre and strangely compelling/fun

The lads were cheating though, it shouldn't be posed like that.

No capri sun as far as I am aware (and I strongly feel like I am missing the joke)
I have visions of seeing a chain of sleeping people on the pavement today.

i have also seen a few people recently laying down in public places, i did see one on a grass verge in st James park in London in the middle of the day having a kip. then last night saw an old man laying on the floor surrounded by a puddle and a can of special brew.
i guessed the guy in the park probably thought it was safer to sleep in the day in front of everyone rather than try and sleep at night when he could get into harm.

WTF is planking???

Yep, planking.

The latest trend for some reason.

I did a pink plank at the end of Race for Life.

They were standing up and you were lying down :)

Planking

But what is the capri sun connection?

Planking. You get your friends to take a photo of you lying down in unlikely places, and upload it to tinternet.

It is a pointless web thing unlike MN which is of vital importance

now they seem to be doing some weird thing to do with looking like their head has parted compny with the body - think its called horsemanning!

there is also "owling" where one person planks and another crouches on the small of their back

or 'chairing' which is people sitting on chairs (no shit, sherlock) in unusual places

horsemaning looks more fun - im about to do one now and send it to dh at work

And people say that the summer holidays are boring!

I am going to try all of these tomorrow. With pictures.

As well as drying the DC with a hair-drier.

Capi-sun connection

i know! i think i have just found out what im going to do for the next 2 weeks - oh the fun i could have at work too! Whats this hair-dryer dc thing or is it literally your going to use the hairdryer on the dc?

I've seen planking here in Belgium, on the balconies of famous buildings. Looks dangerous.

at planking. Sounds fabulous. Can't believe I haven't heard of this before!