"Stocking Is The New Planking"

September 6, 2011 By 4 Comments

Remember that fad where people would lie face down like a board in uncomfortable public places and photograph themselves and put the picture online (until someone accidentally died doing it)? Well there is a website that has become the next big internet meme of imitation of the moment. Stocking Is The New Planking wants you to submit photos of yourself recreating the scenarios in stock photos:

 

 

 

 

They go on and on.

Thanks to Megan for the tip on Facebook.

Your Thoughts?

Filed Under: Arts, Arts Tagged With: 4 Comments
  • Tisha Irwin

    Never underestimate the dangers of intense boredom.

  • Jeff Sherry

    Nothing like a nanosecond of fame or one’s reliving of the imitative inner child.

  • Leander

    Its approximately 5% less stupid than planking… Which means its still one of the dumbest ways to waste time ever invented.

  • Francisco Bacopa

    Everyone knows Batmanning is the new planking.

    And since this is fun post. I just post these here. I had tried to find email for our blog’s author and send this to him as promised, but had little luck. Here are two not so good pictures of Bob Fowler’s “Untitled” in the UC Arbor at the University of Houston.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/loxosceles/628459468/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/hobbified/668572524/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/hobbified/667715505/in/photostream/

    Some people think the dragon’s is some sort of bovine monster, thus referring to The University of Texas. But look at it. It’s pure Nietzsche. The UH cougar mascot on the back of the Dragon clearly represents how a fine UH education transforms students into a lion who can kill a dragon.