This is Rabbi Ben Planking on the Topsy Turvy Upside Down Bus...
I will keep planking. This is my third post about planking and if this keeps up I’ll need to change my name to the ‘Planking Rabbi.’
I think I really dig this whole planking craze because it makes me feel connected to Australia. I lived there for seven years and I kind of miss the place. And when I did this planking thing on the upside down bus, I felt like I was back in Australia.
Australians have this thing for irreverence, like worshiping Ned Kelly and the guy from Waltzing Matilda who steals a sheep. It’s Australians who would cheer a guy for planking on a police car and then buy the guy a beer. Something like planking would probably not go far in, say, a place like Germany where a passerby would see you planking on top of a national monument in the middle of the city and be horrified. They would then admonish you for your planking irreverence and instead of you putting a smile on their face you probably would have ruined their day. Australians would probably ask you to hold the planking position again so they can get a photo. Australia is the kind of place where you could probably almost get the prime minister to plank on parliament hill.
So that’s why I’m planking: it makes me feel so Australian!
My other posts on planking:
http://travelingrabbi.com/2011/05/16/is-planking-safe-for-jews/
