No Pants Train Ride, this Sunday Jan 10, 4:30pm

[Lephrenic]

The Facebook page for the Melbourne event is here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=261538737362

Started in New York by Improv Everywhere, the No Pants Subway Ride has grown from humble beginnings in 2002 to over 1200 participants in New York last year. With over 30 cities set to participate this year, it's Melbourne's turn to become part of the worldwide annual No Pants Train Ride!

The list of participating cities worldwide now reaches 35 and counting... Be there or be pants.

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

[bonsai]

frilled goodness. nice

[almax]

looks like they need someone to organise Melbournes, Lee, you could be just the man they are looking for.

[RGLZ]

Indie as

[Lephrenic]

Alright. It's on.

[mrj]

I like pants off.

[deviant]

Alright. It's on.

you mean "off" yeah?

[Lephrenic]

This is shaping up to be quite a day. We're becoming something of an army, albeit a peace-loving, public transport using, pant-doffing army.

Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney are all ready to ride. Can Melbourne show them what we're made of?

[RGLZ]

Weak imo

[almax]

Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney are all ready to ride. Can Melbourne show them what we're made of?

Skidmarks?

[ghetto kitty]

a bunch of my friends who regularly declare when we are hanging out at someone's house drinking etc
'pants off party!!!" who rip em off and finish the party in their underwear...
are really excited about this.

but I will be in sydney so fail.

[Lephrenic]

You can go to the Sydney one.

[ghetto kitty]

Nope, ill be at days like this.

with my pants on.

maybe.

[Amick]

You better keep those pants on!

[ghetto kitty]

depends how close we get to method man and redman.

[nic]

R U 2 DATING????????



mb.c love club imo

[fikuss]

I like pants off.

pre-planned pants down party can't be anywhere near as fun as the impromptu ones.

[Amick]

I like pants off.

pre-planned pants down party can't be anywhere near as fun as the impromptu ones.

[tee193]

the public transport system will be covered with drooling old creeps with semi's on Sunday such as rglz

[DBoy]

I like pants off.

pre-planned pants down party can't be anywhere near as fun as the impromptu ones.

[ghetto kitty]

I like pants off.

pre-planned pants down party can't be anywhere near as fun as the impromptu ones.

This is totally true.

but then again, pants off en masse in public is still pretty cool imo.

[kronz]

How did it go?

[aroes]

total balls up apparently

[manofunreal]

I've read the stories and seen the video clips from the ones in the US - looked awesome... What went wrong? I might've been keen but only just got back from Lorne

[Lephrenic]

Was a great day. As I wrote on Facebook:

Well done everyone and thanks for making Melbourne's first No Pants Train Ride a big success! With no trains missed and no interference from The Man, the group comfortably journeyed from station to station, turning plenty of heads and getting a good share of confused looks and embarrassed laughs.

Personal highlights for me were:

- the first train starting to move for one second and stopping again, leaving a few folks caught reaching for their belts.

- the casual manner we continued in once the pants were finally off.

- sean: "do you have the sports section?"

- spruiking to sell the extra pair of pants i was just going to throw out. glad i brought them along, even though no one bought them in the end.

- the young crew who saw us on the Sandringham between Southern Cross and Flinders St. A glance at a couple of the guys first provoked a "nice shorts mate". As more pantless travellers gradually passed them by, all they could say between laughs was "what the f%$* is going on?"

Apologies to those who missed us, we'll have better strategies in place next time. We gathered by the Metro wall (yeah go on, laugh) and handed out our journey planner, waiting to make sure we had as many as we could muster before finally setting off at 4:48. This was definitely the part of the day that most needed improvement.

Still, the turnout was very pleasing and the ride was great fun. For those who want more, look up Improv Everywhere Melbourne for news on flashmob activity. On behalf of myself and Sea, thanks for travelling with us on Sans Pants Railways.

[system]

did you see many expressions like the one on the little girl below?