Bout Dat Xperience

Is the bizarre internet craze of ‘planking’ set to lose its cult online status to the increasingly popular trend of ‘owling’. Errm I don;t think so I don't think it has the same appeal. A) It's easier to do, and its not as creative in my eyes but it seems hundreds of young people in America, Australia and now, Britain, have taken up the new ‘owling’ craze. It consists of nothing more taxing than crouching on one's haunches and staring into the middle distance, like an owl. YES an owl!! Owl vs plank: A man is owling on top of his friend who appears to be planking in their home Participants then take photos of themselves and post them on Facebook or on other social networking sites. Extra kudos is earned for those who do it in unusual situations. The trend is a development of the popular craze of ‘planking’ in which people would take pictures of themselves lying face down in strange locations. However, in recent months ‘planking’ has become increasingly mainstream...

Now cadres im sure most of you are aware of the phenominon known as planking which as been sweeping the social networking sites, for those whom are unaware Planking is described as the practice of lying down flat with arms to the side , to mimic a wooden plank. With the idea of doing this at work or obscure places such as on sculptures, benches etc totally wherever the person sees fit! With that said there have been rumors of people dying whilst attempting planks which I think is greatly exaggerated and now the following message which has been going around on FB/BBM “Planking has roots in slavery. Slaves captured in Africa were stowed away on ships during the “Middle Passage” journey during the late 16th century. Slaves used the planks as beds. The act of “planking” became a fad by two guys traveling through England, but actual planking began at the start of the slave trade as captured African were transported by ships to the New World.PLANKING!! Slaves were chained and attached to pla...