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Velociraptoring Anyone?

Published: July 27, 2011 Comment on this article Leave a comment

So everyone has heard of planking and probably to a lesser extent owling.  This past weekend as I enjoyed a short vacation with my family, I tried to explain these things to my sister.  She didn’t understand the reasoning behind laying face down on the ground with your arms held tightly to your side – in fact neither do I.  These odd past times are sweeping twitter feeds and will soon even be featured on pages of The Oklahoman (Krystle Wagner is working on the story as I type).  So as my sister and I discussed this cool new trend we decided we’re not going to follow the crowd.  Rather, we’re starting our own – Velociraptoring.

‘What is velociraptoring,’ you might ask.  Well it is much like owling and planking in which you pose for pictures in a particular and recognizable stance.  In this case you hold your middle three fingers in a claw like position and look like you are stalking prey.  The last bit is very important because, as the pose’s name suggests, you are trying to resemble a prehistoric carnivorous dinosaur.  The rest of the weekend was filled with impromptu velociraptor poses.  We even got my parents to join in. Here are a few reasons why I think it should work.  First, who doesn’t love dinosaurs?  Second, it doesn’t involve laying on the floor or standing on furniture – so you can remain looking fairly normal and may not draw so many glances of curiosity and disdain.

I am aware that anatomically speaking the three middle fingers pose is incorrect because velociraptor‘s claws more closely resembled the thumb, pointer and middle fingers.  So despite that small inaccuracy who’s on board for making velociraptoring the next big thing???  Come on, I know you want to!  And if you do… add your pictures to the Facebook fan page.  You can find it here.

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