Planking

‘The Office‘ premiered its eighth season last night, and for the second year in the a row, the employees of Dunder Mifflin are just catching onto something that’s already old news on the internet. Last fall they treated us to an office-wide lip dub, and this year they’ve finally discovered planking.

There have been quite a few “new” plankings over the last couple months, but the latest effort, “batmanning,” really stands out because it involves real skill (and could result in injury if not executed properly).

If you’re done with planking, and you don’t have the pool required for leisure diving, or the friend required for horsemaning, maybe the latest photo game called “stocking” is for you. To play, all you have to do is find a stock photo of somebody doing one of the mundane things that are featured in stock photos, and then try to replicate that pose as best you can. The blog Stocking Is the New Plan

This elderly street performer kicks off his show by walking around on his hands. It’s impressive, no doubt, but it probably wouldn’t turn a lot of heads if it wasn’t for his age. His next trick, however, is amazing at any age. Yet, for whatever reason, the crowd doesn’t seem too impressed. Check it out below.

Last week we predicted that octogenarian Hugh Hefner’s embrace of planking would spell the end to the craze. Spinoff fads owling and leisure diving have failed to eclipse it, but could something called horsemaning be poised to rise up from planking‘s ashes?

Things got crazy at the Playboy Mansion the other night, and Playmate Anna Sophia Berglund — Hugh Hefner’s new “number one” girlfriend — got the octogenarian to engage in a bit of planking.

If planking strikes you as boring, and owling tough on the knees, we have another posing game for your consideration: the leisure dive. To execute the dive, simply strike a leisurely, horizontal pose while jumping into a body of water.