New Fun around the World

"Lying down Game"

While you lie down on the belly it should look like you are standing on your feet. So, your thumbs should be parallel with the body and feet straight towards ground. Even if you are in the midle of the street in front of the Central Prison. Now you are a player of new "lying down game" and you have only one goal - to make people confused!


By NEVENA ŠARČEVIĆ (nevena.sarcevic@wavemagazine.net)
from Belgrade, SERBIA
Translation: MARKO ANDREJIĆ


Creators of "Lying down game" are certain Gerry Clarkson (27) and his friend Christian Lengdon (24) from Somerset, England. They "infected" their friends and neighbors first, and then people around the world two years ago, thanks to Facebook. They say that the game is something between devildom and artistic performance and it is more successful if there are more participants and more audience. The game is intended to those who can not easily be ashamed, but also to those who practice not to be ashamed.

You can play "Lying down game" anywhere, even at home. But it will not be nearly as fun as when you perform in public. The point is to lie in the "standing" position and confuse as many people as possible.

The players formed a Facebook Fan group and they put 1,000 pictures daily of themselves lie in the trees, rocks, in aircraft engines, one on each other, on the street... The goal is to engage in game as many people as possible and to stand on the most unusual place in the world. This game already has its followers in Great Britain, U.S.A., Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bosnia, and recently in Canada.

It is performed at your own risk, which gives it a special charm - say its creators. This is proved the best by the following case. Eighteen doctors and nurses from the "Great Western" hospital in England played a game during working hours and they posted photos to Facebook. It was clearly seen on the images that they lie on the operating tables and hospital corridors. Accidently manager of the hospital has seen the photos and suspended seven participants, who now expect the disciplinary procedure.

Facebook group "lying down game" now has 73,248 registered members. On July 10 this year the first news about this game was broadcasted on Sky TV, BBC and ITV.


(Published: 11.11.2009.)