Tube is just pants! Commuters around the world leave their outerwear at home for the 11th annual No Trousers day
At first glance
it appears to be a normal rush-hour on the Tube, with commuters listening to
their ipods and reading books.
But there is one
major difference: they seem to have forgotten their trousers.
The semi-naked
crowds were taking part in an international event run by practical joke group
Improv Everywhere.
Thousands of
people headed to the London Underground and to subways across the world to take
part in the No Trousers Tube Ride - 'No Pants day' overseas
The annual event
began with just seven participants in New York in 2001 and has now spread to 60
cities including Washington, Madrid, Toronto and Mexico City.
In London, it
caught the imagination of 150 daring individuals, who divided into groups to
brave the cold and fellow travellers' stares on different lines around the
capital.
Participants in
Toronto wore fancy dress along with their underwear as they joined in the fun
for a fifth year.
But the flash
mobs in Madrid had more difficulty in getting some exposure for their action
when the police stopped them from entering their planned starting station.
Improv Everywhere
invited people to take part through Facebook, with more than 16,000 people from
around the world registering to take part.
Those involved
were instructed to act as they would normally on the Underground, by chatting
to each other, listening to music or reading.
The idea is to
entertain and surprise bystanders, and to lighten the dreariness of the daily
commute by making people laugh.
SOURCE: DAILYMAIL
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