Planking Cat

Planking
The term "planking" was coined in Australia and the practice became a fad in 2011. Planking is described as the practice of lying down flat with arms to the side, to mimic a wooden plank. It has its origins in the "lying down game".
Australian National Rugby League player David "Wolfman" Williams planked after a try during the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles vs Newcastle Knights game on 27 March 2011. He went on to talk about it on The Footy Show, where Williams described it as "pretty much, active lying down".
On 13 May 2011, a 20-year-old man from Gladstone in central Queensland was charged for allegedly planking on a police vehicle. Popular planking locations include park benches and other public places. On 15 May 2011, Acton Beale, a 20-year-old man, plunged to his death after reportedly "planking" on a seventh-floor balcony in Brisbane, Australia. Beale became the first known casualty of the planking fad. Acton Beale's friends have accused Paul Carran, a New Zealander living in Sydney who claims to have invented planking in 2008, of bearing responsibility for Beale's death by promoting planking. Australia's Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, warned plankers that the "focus has to be on keeping yourself safe first". The Queensland Opposition and the state's police have called for people to stop participating in the fad.