11 Deaths That Could’ve Been Avoided With Common Sense

5. Planking… Not Necessarily A Good Exercise

Ok, so planking as an ab workout is alright (so long as one’s worked their abs up to the strain first), but this predominantly Aussie game of planking is… very silly. Now the photo above isn’t a direct reference to the event being discussed here, but the positioning of this idiot soldier is what this planking trend is all about. The fact that the above man is doing it on a bazooka is… rather telling, but otherwise, time to move on to the case. This act is commonly done on train tracks, clotheslines, police cars, and fire hydrants, and people take photos of it to share to the world their stupidity. The man in this incident decided it would be a great idea to get a shot of him planking on a balcony. Well the descent of man is apparently due to an incredible lack of intelligence. As is clearly suggested, the man went stiff as a board, tipped over the wrong side, and whatever was left of him on the pavement below… went stiff as a board.