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Panicky News Story of the Day

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

Latest scary Internet fad is . . . laying down on things.

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11 Responses to “Panicky News Story of the Day”

  1. #1 |  Discord |  December 7th, 2011 at 11:16 am

    Oh no! Planking is a gateway activity to the dreaded ESCALOPTER!!!

    http://www.escalopter.com/

  2. #2 |  CyniCAl |  December 7th, 2011 at 11:44 am

    I like how it got kinky at the end of the news report.

  3. #3 |  FloO |  December 7th, 2011 at 12:18 pm

    “Law enforcement, of course, not likely to take the stunts lying down. They’ll be watching for them.” Doing it for the children. The 20 year old children.

  4. #4 |  derfel cadarn |  December 7th, 2011 at 1:01 pm

    I do not know which is stupider the act of planking or the worry over its consequences. If this is all the MSM has got it is time to shut ‘er down.

  5. #5 |  JdL |  December 7th, 2011 at 2:29 pm

    Latest scary Internet fad is . . . laying down on things.

    I think you mean lying down on things.

  6. #6 |  Franklin Harris |  December 7th, 2011 at 2:35 pm

    I remember being disappointed to learn that planking had nothing to do with Ed, Edd, and Eddie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgqr16EVgPk

  7. #7 |  Gordon |  December 7th, 2011 at 6:09 pm

    The lamestream media have really become a joke, haven’t they.

    Dear WGN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfYJsQAhl0

  8. #8 |  Luke |  December 7th, 2011 at 8:52 pm

    WGN Chicago… Where’s the guy from the teen werewolf thread who cracked that at least they don’t do crap reporting like this in Chicago?

  9. #9 |  Kriznol |  December 7th, 2011 at 11:14 pm

    I’ve watched that video 5 times now trying to figure out if that’s his real nose or if it’s attached to his glasses.

  10. #10 |  Russ 2000 |  December 8th, 2011 at 3:08 pm

    Jeez, WGN TV news is THE WORST in town, bar none. Maybe ten years ago they were actually pretty good, now the whole thing is just trying for cuteness. Can’t hardly blame them though, the crap gets decent ratings. Being a CW affiliate probably has a something to do with it, gotta keep those 87-IQ teens tuned in after watching the dopey CW shows.

  11. #11 |  Ron |  December 11th, 2011 at 11:41 pm

    #5: Quite right — Chickens lay eggs, presidents lie in state.

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