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New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles (The Weekly Vice) -- If a trip in your town's subway was a little revealing over the weekend, you aren't alone. Along with temperatures, pants were dropping all over the country, as thousands of subway riders participated in the 8th annual No Pants! Subway Ride.
No, we aren't kidding. And oh yes, they did.
On Saturday, January 10th, thousands of participants gathered in various cities across the U.S. and dropped their drawers before boarding subways. It's an event organized by Improv Everywhere that takes place on a chosen date in January each year.
Are they protesting global warming? Well, not without pants they aren't. Are they going bottomless to fight hunger? Nope. In fact, the only purpose of the event seems to be having fun. Damn, who does that in this day and age?
The group's touted purpose? To cause scenes of chaos and joy in public places.
The organization's creator, Charlie Todd, began "pranking" in August, 2001. Now the organization claims to have completed 80 like-spirited missions in all.
Other group events include the "Human Mirror" - where identical twins board subways and mimic each other's actions to see how long it takes before subway riders notice. And we don't mean just one set of twins.
Another event, "Frozen Grand Central", sends a large group of participants into New York's Grand Central Station who act normally until a chosen moment when they all freeze in suspended animation.
"Best Buy", another organized mission of Improv sends a large group of participants dressed in blue polos and tan khakis into chosen Best Buy retail stores. Since participants are dressed in the basic Best Buy uniform, they are all too happy to offer friendly help or advice to shoppers who mistake them as store employees. That is until they're asked to leave.
Puzzled looks, smiles, giggles and an occassional look disbelief seem to be the general reaction to these staged "missions".....and that's good, considering the enormous numbers of people who participate in the edgy antics they try.
For those who are put off by such utter foolishness and unabashed pantslessness (a new word, we're sure), you might beware. The No Pants! prank is growing - extending well beyond New york into Atlanta, Los Angeles and other big cities.
From what we can tell, the number of participants are more than doubling each year as missions are added and word gets out. The organization claims 1200 to 1500 participants turned out for the New York Pants Off prank alone!
All in all, it seems like good bottomless fun to us , so long as those skivvis are clean!
Danny Vice
The Weekly Vice
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10 comments:
I'm thinking that I need to get out a lot more than I do. Either that or I live in a painfully boring state
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Looks darn cold to me. It snowed in New York on Saturday. I wore long johns!
I'd do it. But then again, I'm not very bashful.
This sounds like a hoot, and if I were 15-20 years younger I would probably be right along side some of these people. Maybe if it does grow they could turn this into some kind of fundraiser (save music, art, etc. in public schools). Ask a sponsor if you wear their name on your fanny if they will make a donation (Just a thought).
Think there will be a spike in baby deliveries about nine months from now?
lol maxxx. Well as harmless as it may be, there's no way you can walk around in public for hours like that, getting stared up and down.... and NOT have pent up tension of some kind. To deny it just wouldn't be honest.
hey, jupiter gurl. i think u should do it. everybody wants to see that perfect bod of urs
they couldnt wait til summer when its nice here in ny to have the ability to be out all day? course not...
Are terms like "nice ass" appropriate in this setting? tipping? If you not going to wear pants, don't yell at me for staring feverishly....
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