So yesterday, we came across an article written by Rudolph Stehle at Channel 24, which talked about “ the latest trend to hit social networks worldwide, known as “planking”, has also taken hold in the Western Cape. ” We did some digging and apparently The lying down game is claimed to have been invented by Gary Clarkson and Christian Langdon in 1997. The game made news in September 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. But it was them Aussies, who coined the phrase “planking”  and the practice became a fad in 2011. Planking is described as the practice of lying down flat with arms to the side, to mimic a woodenplank.

So for those wondering how you do it…  Its simple, one lies face down in an unusual or random 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... this is what we did today…