42 year old woman is the latest to be hurt, just why are people doing it.
Others are Tea Potting, good grief I would run a mile rather than be seen doing either.
The need to be seen, we all have it at some stage, my pegged jeans and pointy toed shoes or the Ducks bottom hair do may have been my silliness.
But I blame Elvis for every bit of it.
Face book and such, planking in a desperate attempt to be seen seems a Long way past that to me.
In my youth we would not have wanted to be seen with such folk.
What do others think.

I think before someone comes along and says something insensitive; No matter how stupid it is to die from something like this, it was still someone's child, friend, brother, nephew, grandson, whatever. He was a young guy that, in the end, died WAY before his time. Others have died doing something that common sense and hindsight would otherwise dictate a different outcome. Please be aware this was a human that died.

Yep, it's dumb, and everyone should know better than to risk their lives for something like this.

As for people getting fired for doing, the employer has every right even though it may be a fraction harsh. Safety at work is something workers have been fighting for for years. It shouldn't be messed with.

Me too, Belly.

>>Others are Tea Potting, good grief I would run a mile rather than be seen doing either.<<

(I was going to post the URL that explains this, but thought better of it. The more adventurous might try googling tea potting and urban dictionary)

Yes, planking is a rather stupid thing to do, & can be dangerous.

However, if my kids were going to indulge in any of the stupid behaviour that seems to be the norm for our younger generation, I would much prefer they "plank" than join the drug, or binge drinking fools.

Unfortunately too many appear to combine 2 or more of these distractions.

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Because everything else is banned!

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I dunno, sounds like fun, especially the royal version :~)

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I guess you had your funny bone extracted at birth, no sense of humour or adventure, sad really. It's no wonder all the fun has been banned from life in this country with people who see others doing what they enjoy and being jealous of the fact. So you think it's stupid, fine, ignore it and move on; do your own thing and let others do theirs!

Why should we care what others do? Let them ride on the outside of trains, or better still lie down on the tracks, why not? if that's what they want to do. Let them not swim between the flags, and so on. After all it's fun - isn't it,? And you're young only once. But wait a minute - what about putting other lives at risk - those that have to come and try to save these people from themselves? What about the time, effort, and costs involved then? Telling us to "move on"? Nah, won't work.
Someone has to act responsibly and save these people from themselves.
They're not complete idiots, but some parts are definitely missing. And, they're not only a danger to themselves - they put the safety of others ar risk. Therein lies the problem.