A New York City-based prank collective Improv Everywhere causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places, and this year its motive was achieved by urging people to ride the subway pantless, which they did, in 60 cities across 25 countries for the annual No Pants Subway Ride.
The ride started in New York in 2002, when seven male participants entered the subway pantless for seven consecutive stops. Each participant pretending not to know the other. At the eighth stop, someone came on selling pants for $1.
This year, to celebrate the 15th annual ride 4,000 people took off their pants in New York.
Around the world people joined in with scenes of modern pantless ladies alongside ultra orthodox men for Jerusalem’s 4th annual No Pants Subway Ride.
https://t.co/IUuw44BpHC <-- NO PANTS SUBWAY RIDE 2016 IN JERUSALEM pic.twitter.com/sYjhlJzgvg
— Nir Alon (@NirAlon) January 10, 2016
In all countries random passengers boarded the subway in the middle of winter, without pants. Participants acted like strangers, with the only unusual thing being their lack of pants.
Single-digit temperatures didn’t stop Chicagoans from taking part in “No Pants Subway” ride: https://t.co/VycJLM4jFu pic.twitter.com/vMbI5Ad4z8
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) January 11, 2016
Photo gallery: The world marks No Pants Subway Ride 2016 https://t.co/os8lYQsfxq pic.twitter.com/JcgAHWKzQ4
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 10, 2016
C’est bientôt le jour de la No Pants Subway Ride. https://t.co/mwwYMsL3Zo pic.twitter.com/7Uq2S0CMP9
— Simo)))n (@Srsim) January 1, 2016
