History of planking

The art of planking, as described in the planking bible, is the act of placing ones body in such a way in which arms are by the plankers side & all limbs are at full extension often performed on a unanimous object. The object in which the planker chooses to plank on is entirely the plankers choice, although the more unique the object often the better the plank.

The word planking is a dirivetive of the word plankopace, which is Latin for "artistically displaying stiffness" & originated in the 1590's when the Dutch were ferrying exotic spices around the world via sail boat. On these year long journeys they would also ferry people trying to escape their homeland. Those not fortunate enough to afford their own living quarters would travel the year long journey in the lowest poorest part of the deck sometimes not seeing light for months at a time. As it was extremely close living arrangements, a married couple wanting to engage in a sexual encounter, in fear of being caught, would lie on each other in the plank position & let the motion of the ocean rock each other forwards and backwards therefore inventing planking. When more than one couple was planking at the same time it was called plankorgy, also inventing the orgy, which was later shortened to orgy.
Planking, or plankopace^ was later outlawed in 1633 due to rogue waves causes serious injuries & the ship doctor couldn't keep up with all the plakories as described in his tell all book, "Planking, are you in?"

Planking then somewhat disappeared for generations until it was rediscovered recently with the help of facebook & national media & slightly altered to adhere to current day values.
We believe planking is not about who can plank in the most dangerous place but who can be the most creative. It engages peoples minds and can be performed by people of any age. We've even heard the people down at the local cemetery have been planking like mad recently.

So plankers, plank away, engage your mind and invinitiveness, plank safely and always remember your planking ancestors.

Stay stiff


T-Dogg & Stinga

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