Batmanning: Like Planking, Just Crazier?

Hang upside down by only your feet ... and don't hit your head
By Kate Seamons,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 7, 2011 11:34 AM CDT

OK, so we're getting as worn out as you are with the "owling is the new horsemaning is the new cone-ing is the new planking" stories. We told ourselves we'd stop. Then we were introduced to "Batmanning," and it's kind of awesome, in a please-don't-crash-onto-your-head way. To pull off your own Batmanning stunt, you'll need to hang upside down somewhere, suspended only by your feet (bonus points if the Batman theme song is playing in the background). But the Telegraph notes that, as to be expected, a crop of painful failures are appearing on YouTube. (More planking stories.)

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