{"id":152113,"date":"2012-01-09T10:29:04","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T06:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=152113"},"modified":"2012-01-09T10:29:04","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T06:29:04","slug":"subway-riders-drop-pants-as-part-of-global-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2012\/01\/09\/subway-riders-drop-pants-as-part-of-global-event.html","title":{"rendered":"Subway Riders Drop Pants as Part of Global Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Giggles, gasps and bare legs filled a Toronto subway train Sunday afternoon when more than 100 people dropped their pants and rode the rocket as part of the city\u2019s fifth annual No Pants subway ride, <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1112332--no-pants-subway-ride-cheeky-riders-earn-cheers\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>The Toronto Star<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about making people laugh,\u201d said event organizer Cole Banning, 20, the creative director of Improv in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world needs more people just having fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The global No Pants subway ride first took root in New York City in 2002 when seven men involved with New York-based prank collective Improv Everywhere <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ofYSrHMYGEM&amp;feature=player_embedded#!\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>rode the subway<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> without pants, pretending not to know each other, and captured the stunt on a hidden camera.<\/p>\n<p>The event, set in January every year, has since spread to more than 50 cities worldwide, including Toronto and Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>In Toronto, a crowd of participants \u2014 most in their late teens and early 20s \u2014 marched from Queen\u2019s Park to Museum subway station shortly after 3 p.m., many eager to kick off the annual event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis event\u2019s perfect for me. I hate pants,\u201d said 35-year-old Toronto resident Michelle Chan. \u201cIt\u2019s hilarious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claps and cheers echoed down the platform when one of the TTC\u2019s shiny, new \u201cToronto Rocket\u201d trains pulled into the station. Split into six groups, the crowd \u2014 instructed to act casually and remain coy with other riders \u2014 invaded every subway car.<\/p>\n<p>Pants began to hit the subway floor as the train pulled away from the station. In one car, a wide-eyed mother and her daughter burst into giggles as fellow passengers stripped down to their skivvies.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto resident Will Penman, 19, chose to wear the same pair of Canadian-themed boxers he wore during the 2011 event. Scarborough\u2019s Chris Reynolds, on the other hand, chose a pair of tight, blue boxer briefs from his underwear drawer Sunday morning with fashion in mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey match my backpack,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from a few scowls from offended passengers, the 2012 No Pants subway ride was a jovial affair \u2014 even the subway conductor took to the intercom to wish riders the best and remind everyone to \u201cstay warm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s giving people something healthy and fun to do on a Sunday afternoon,\u201d said Jenna Warriner, a third-time No Pants participant and Improv in Toronto member. \u201cIt\u2019s just fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The global No Pants subway ride first took root in New York City in 2002 when seven men involved with New York-based prank collective Improv Everywhere&#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":152084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tstyn_error":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}