Pay attention to the pants.
In an attempt to appear as if nothing out of the ordinary was happening, hundreds of Londoners descended to the Underground on Sunday afternoon, undressed to their underwear, and wandered around for a while.
As though.
This was the Official No Trousers Tube Ride, a yearly occasion that serves no purpose other than to add some humor to the otherwise gloomy midwinter months. No greater purpose, no deeper meaning. If just for one afternoon, the only objective was to act goofy.
The 40-year-old personal trainer and ringleader Dave Selkirk stated, “There’s so much bad, so much not fun going on.” Doing something purely for the purpose of doing it is pleasant.
Dozens of clothes anarchists gathered at the Chinatown entrance and marched through the freezing streets to the Piccadilly Circus Underground station in central London, where they caught their first train. The only issue was that some folks couldn’t take off their pants because the cars were so packed.
They took selfies. They both grinned. Visitors appeared perplexed.
Charlie Todd, a local comedian, came up with the idea for the first prank in similar vein, which took place in New York in 2002. His thought was this: Wouldn’t it be amusing if someone, in the dead of winter, walked aboard a subway train wearing only a scarf, hat, and gloves? Or trousers, as they are called in London, where the term “pants” is equivalent to “underpants.”
Although everything would be visible on our subway system, it would be exceptional in New York. However, Todd told the BBC that it would be hilarious if, a few minutes later, at the next station, when the doors open, more people boarded without pants. They also pretend that they don’t know one another, that it’s not a huge deal, and that they simply forgot their pants.
The concept gained popularity, and no-pants days have been organized in a number of places, including Berlin, Prague, Jerusalem, Warsaw, and Washington, D.C.
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Its first major reveal took place in London in 2009.
It’s supposed to be a little harmless fun, you know,” Todd added. Without a doubt, we live in a society where people like engaging in cultural warfare. In New York, I always had the notion that the purpose of an event was to make other people laugh and amusing them. It is not intended to provoke or annoy someone. The spirit of that should hopefully endure.
On a chilly winter afternoon, Basil Long, a lawyer, arrived at the meeting spot wearing a down jacket and cap. However, following his excursion through the Tube’s warm tunnels, he had changed and was only dressed in pink underpants, socks with an Underground motif, and a white blouse with striking rainbow stripes.
I just thought, “Why not?” after seeing it online. Isn’t it always a question? “I said.” People simply respond, “Why not?” when asked why they climbed Everest.
Miriam Correa, however, had a plan. After seeing photos of past no-trouser rides that included numerous slender, scantily clothed women, the 43-year-old chef was eager to go.
“I am a real woman,” she declared, adding that her figure should not be a source of shame. Everybody’s body is flawless.
By Associated Press’s Danica Kirka
