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Commuters brave cold for 'No Pants Day'
Braving sub-zero temperatures in some cities, thousands of public transport users around the world have stripped down to their underwear for No Pants Day.
Published: 7:00AM GMT 12 Jan 2010
The event, which began in New York City in 2002, encourages commuters to take off their trousers while they travel.
Organisers Improv Everywhere said 3,000 people took part this year in New York with more in 43 other cities in 16 countries.
The event does not have a specific point beyond causing "scenes of chaos and joy in public places", Improv Everywhere said.
Participants were told to meet at a designated train station fully clothed before boarding and removing their trousers and skirts.
People were urged to keep a straight face, act normally and not acknowledge other people without trousers.
One of the organisers in Washington, DC, said: "there's not really any point or any cause" to the event.
"We're just trying to put smiles on people's faces," Bruce Witzenburg told the Washington Post.
On its website, Improv Everywhere said groups from Adelaide, Australia, to Zurich, Switzerland had organised their own No Pants Subway Rides.
However, some New York participants were met by protesters waiving banners calling on people not to strip. The banners were largely ignored.
Braving sub-zero temperatures in some cities, thousands of public transport users around the world have stripped down to their underwear for No Pants Day.
Published: 7:00AM GMT 12 Jan 2010
The event, which began in New York City in 2002, encourages commuters to take off their trousers while they travel.
Organisers Improv Everywhere said 3,000 people took part this year in New York with more in 43 other cities in 16 countries.
The event does not have a specific point beyond causing "scenes of chaos and joy in public places", Improv Everywhere said.
Participants were told to meet at a designated train station fully clothed before boarding and removing their trousers and skirts.
People were urged to keep a straight face, act normally and not acknowledge other people without trousers.
One of the organisers in Washington, DC, said: "there's not really any point or any cause" to the event.
"We're just trying to put smiles on people's faces," Bruce Witzenburg told the Washington Post.
On its website, Improv Everywhere said groups from Adelaide, Australia, to Zurich, Switzerland had organised their own No Pants Subway Rides.
However, some New York participants were met by protesters waiving banners calling on people not to strip. The banners were largely ignored.
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