Did anyone hear of this new fad?

The_B_Man

Did anyone ever hear of this? I've never heard of it but i think its classic!!

Its called "Extreme Facedown".

Basically the rules are you have to lie face down somewhere and just take a photo! Sounds basic but its gas!

heres a link:
Extreme Facedown Ireland

The randomer the place, it seems, the better. Dunno if its taken off in any other countries than Ireland, but its obviously a result of the recession with a lot of people with a lot of free time!!:pac:

FearDark

Seems to be a Cork thing tbh...

But its still gas!

Einhard

Ah, brings back memories of Jonestown in '78. Happy days...

sponsoredwalk

This sounds awfully similar to geocaching :rolleyes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching

me-skywalker

Ha ha jesus thought you were about to get a ban for linking porn!!

The_B_Man

sponsoredwalk wrote: »

This sounds awfully similar to geocaching :rolleyes:

what the heebie-jebus is geocaching?

me-skywalker wrote: »

Ha ha jesus thought you were about to get a ban for linking porn!!

lol ye actually, is there any mods around......;)

Doc

Ive done it.

(Sometimes even on purpose)

The_B_Man

I'm seriously considering doing it here in work! Create the first Aussie facedown!
Might try it up on Eureka Tower hanging out that glass box!

sam34

Einhard wrote: »

Ah, brings back memories of Jonestown in '78. Happy days...

thats exactly what i was thinking!

liah

sponsoredwalk wrote: »

This sounds awfully similar to geocaching :rolleyes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching

"Basically the rules are u have to lie face down somewhere and just take a photo!"

vs.

"Geocaching is an outdoor activity in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container (usually a tupperware container or ammo box) containing a logbook. Larger containers can also contain items for trading, usually toys or trinkets of little value. Geocaching is most often described as a "game of high-tech hide and seek," sharing many aspects with benchmarking, trigpointing, orienteering, treasure-hunting, Letterboxing, and waymarking."

...Indeed.

(Though the site's not working for me so I'm probably missing something you're referencing that's about to make me look like a twat.)

m@cc@

sponsoredwalk wrote: »

This sounds awfully similar to geocaching :rolleyes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching

Geocaching sounds like a right load of nerdy shoite.

sponsoredwalk

Geocaching is really about filling a small box with a secret treasure and then posting a treasure map so that other strangers throughout the world can seek the treasure. I knew a guy who did it, he went miles into the woods to find some box with twigs or something in it and thought it was great. Yeah it's a total nerdlinger thing alright

I've heard stories of not-so-pleasant treasures beng left in those boxes!

IvySlayer

That looks.....AMAZING!

I think the guy on the street with the Garda stepping over him wins

tman

http://www.thelondonpaper.com/thelondonpaper/celebrity/celeb-news/facebook-craze-thousands-lie-face-down-in-strange-places

Ireland has its finger on the fad pulse as always...

petes

IvySlayer wrote: »

That looks.....AMAZING!

I think the guy on the street with the Garda stepping over him wins

I preferred the guy on the Garda car!!

Biggins

This fad has been around a while and has been reported on in the media a number of times.

magicianz

Haha my friend and some of her friends did it in prez between classes :P crazy girls :P

Dravokivich

It ain't new.... It's been around months... there was a report of some morans who worked in a hospital doing it...

Feeona

That's crazy-like eating a Snickers with a knife and fork!
Love the picture of the man lying in the (what looks like) college grounds. The distance makes it funny : )

Quazzie

Isn't that a link to your website B-Man?

Trying to generate a bit of traffic are ya?

Caoimhín

I dont believe in "fads".

I aspire to be a piss soaked loony living in a shack in the forest, chewing tobacco, playing the banjo and nursing a blunderbuss.

phasers

That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen.

GavRedKing

phasers wrote: »

That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen.

At least im not alone in thinking this. Stupid fad IMO.

abouttobebanned

A bit of harmless fun. Better than a lot of Internet fads that have come and gone.

Biggins

phasers wrote: »

That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen.

It is indeed...

del88

That looks like good craic.......

Joey the lips

If i came across someone doing this I would rob their wallet....

Forest Master

sponsoredwalk wrote: »

This sounds awfully similar to geocaching :rolleyes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching

Except the fact that it's nothing like it.


A new fad eh? So no doubt there'll be a forum for it on here within a few weeks. Boardsies love fads - just look at Hasselhoff, Chuck Norris, Zombies, Binary, etc. All fads for the sheep of Boards to clamour over until something new comes along.

bonerm

This isn't new.

Oscar Wilde pioneered this sport back when he invented "astronomy for gutter dwellers".

--Kaiser--

Poor imitation of extreme ironing to be honest

Pic

Wiki

NothingMan

I think it's quite funny. If every Japanese person ever has a photo of themselves making a peace sign and smiling like a manga cartoon, they'll be confused as hell at the Irish person lying face down beside them in front of every tourist site in the world.

As for the forum thing, it could be a fun sub forum in cool vids, pics & links.

KittyeeTrix

Fcuk me some of ye are narky auld so and so's......:D

'Tis only a laugh and a good one at that!!!
Be a great idea like previous poster mentioned to place it in a forum here where boardsies could upload their photos

Wazdakka

That's fcuking Brilliant

strobe

I can't believe I'm gonna say this but.....that actually looks pretty fun........maybe I should get some sleep.

Ink Arcade

The craze has already gone global, its huge on facebook

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5989617014

They've got nearly 20,000 photos of people lying face-down already

anniehoo

:eek: Not eating anythin off the Tesco cheese counter anytime soon anyway.

stovelid

Some of those photos are class

mikom

The_B_Man wrote: »

Extreme Facedown Ireland

Oral on Mary Harney.

Forest Master

NothingMan wrote: »

As for the forum thing, it could be a fun sub forum in cool vids, pics & links.

Bandwagon is that way >>>

Hop on! Tired of the Zombies forum already?

Bonito

phasers wrote: »

That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen.

"AH: Exposing the boring people."

Bonito

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

Poor imitation of extreme ironing to be honest

Pic

Wiki

:eek: :eek: :eek: THERE ARE MEN IRONING IN THOSE PICTURES!!!!

NothingMan

Forest Master wrote: »

Bandwagon is that way >>>

Hop on! Tired of the Zombies forum already?

IvySlayer

Some locations where such performances have taken place include a mountainside of a difficult climb; a forest; in a canoe; while skiing or snowboarding; on top of large bronze statues; in the middle of a street; underwater; whilst parachuting;[2] and under the ice cover of a lake. The performances have been conducted solo or by groups.

What is the point!

And surely that's very dangerous. Death by flying ironing board!

AnonoBoy

I can't wait until this becomes a professional sport.

I train about 5-7 hours a night for it.

Gillington

Forest Master wrote: »

Except the fact that it's nothing like it.


A new fad eh? So no doubt there'll be a forum for it on here within a few weeks. Boardsies love fads - just look at Hasselhoff, Chuck Norris, Zombies, Binary, etc... All fads for the sheep of Boards to clamour over until something new comes along.

....Mustard.

Crazy boardsies

Asmodean

Don't want anything out of that deli, cock cheese literally. Reminds me of that radiohead video, can't remember the name of the song.

NothingMan

Forest Master wrote: »

A new fad eh? So no doubt there'll be a forum for it on here within a few weeks. Boardsies love fads - just look at Hasselhoff, Chuck Norris, Zombies, Binary, etc. All fads for the sheep of Boards to clamour over until something new comes along.

It's good to see that the begrudgery and cynicism of some boardsies is grown beyond a fad and has instilled itself as a lifetime tradition.

Lighten up man, maybe if you spent less time trying to become overlord of the trees you may realise that life is no fun if you don't stop and enjoy some of the entertaining "fads" that come our way once in a while.

--LOS--

ugh it started off funny but then the facebook ones were an exercise in boredom, here's me lying down on the grass, like normal.

Duff

That's usually the result of hard night out. I call it ''The Bullet''

Miguel_Sanchez

Like most things in life this seems to have already become passé before I've even heard of it.

Forest Master

NothingMan wrote: »

stop and enjoy some of the entertaining "fads" that come our way once in a while.

Yeah, coz Chuck Norris facts are hilaaaarious - I should forward them to all my friends because they're so "epic" loike.
And OMG - Zombies totally rock like - they're total ledges! We need a forum so we can talk about how much they totally rock.
And talking in Binary, or posting it in your sig, is so totally random! That's why it's funny!

Yeah - I feel I'm really missing out on all the "fun" of the kooky fads. My life is empty without them. I am boring. Because I criticised them, it's only logical to deduce that I never have any fun & I'm really dry. I need to "chillax loike" and go with the flow... I should just hop on the latest bandwagon, or else people might think I'm "uptight" & "begrudging".

:rolleyes: