Sunday was the Official No Trousers Tube Ride, an annual event with no point other than injecting a little levity into the bleak midwinter.
About 200 people packed several London subway trains on Sunday as part of a ‘ No Trousers Tube Ride ,' an event that has become popular in several large cities.Hundreds of Londoners headed down to the Underground on Sunday afternoon, stripped down to their underwear and travelled around a bit, trying to look as though nothing unusual was going on.This was the Official No Trousers Tube Ride , an annual event with no point other than injecting a little levity into the bleak midwinter.
After gathering at the entrance to Chinatown, dozens of clothing anarchists trooped through the icy streets to the Piccadilly Circus Underground station in central London where they boarded their first train. The only hiccup was that the cars were so crowded some people couldn’t shed their trousers.The first stunt in this vein was held in New York in 2002, the brainchild of local comedian Charlie Todd.
“You know, it’s meant to be a bit of harmless fun,’’ Todd said. “Certainly we are living in a climate where, you know, people like to have culture war fights. My rule in New York was always the goal of this event is to amuse other people, to give people a laugh. It’s not to be provocative, it’s not to irritate someone. So hopefully the spirit of that continues.”Basil Long, a lawyer, showed up at the meeting point in a down coat and hat on a freezing winter afternoon.
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