# Son, you ain't got no pants **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 14, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177 "2013-01-14T15:46:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177/1 "2013-01-14T15:46:44Z")
The things I miss out on living in a superteranian city [http://abcnews.go.com/US/slideshow/pants-subway-ride-2013-18209886](http://abcnews.go.com/US/slideshow/pants-subway-ride-2013-18209886) Is this a real thing? It’s ABC news site, and no where near April 1st, Did anybody go bare drawers on the Subway yesterday? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177/2 "2013-01-14T15:49:31Z")
Of course. The no pants subway ride is quite famous, and has been going on for a number of years. It has now spread as far as [Vancouver BC.](http://www.vancouversun.com/life/fashion-beauty/Hundreds+strip+Pants+Subway+Ride+SkyTrain/7813903/story.html) ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177/3 "2013-01-14T15:51:38Z")
I’m fully dressed and freezing my arse off at work. While I find the idea whimsical and charming, ain’t no way in hell I’m chillin’ my vittles in this weather. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177/4 "2013-01-14T16:07:52Z")
And of course the picture they show is of someone who should wear pants at all times. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177/5 "2013-01-14T16:10:47Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > And of course the picture they show is of someone who should wear pants at all times. :eek: I guess you didn’t click through the slideshow. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177/6 "2013-01-14T16:35:20Z")
Yeah, I loved the guy with the briefcase, black knee socks and superman underwear. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177/7 "2013-01-14T16:59:13Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Yeah, I loved the guy with the briefcase, black knee socks and superman underwear. > Roddy Well, ever since the _Planet_ sold out to the _Sun_ and the phone company started taking out all the pay phones, he’s been kind of at loose ends. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177/8 "2013-01-14T17:24:45Z")
[If you want to meet women, you should start wearing pants.](http://raymi.buzznet.com/user/video/23571/the-state-pants/) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177/9 "2013-01-14T17:28:59Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Is this a real thing? Real and moronic. I saw a couple of people doing it yesterday. It probably goes without saying they all looked to be college-age. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177/10 "2013-01-14T18:07:07Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Real and moronic. I saw a couple of people doing it yesterday. It probably goes without saying they all looked to be college-age. Nothing worse than observing fun-loving and attractive, college-age kids in their underpants on the way to work. God, that must suck. I’m so sorry you had to see that. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177/11 "2013-01-14T19:16:30Z")
I love the pictures of people _taking off_ their pants. I want to believe that were just random passers-by who initially had no intention of participating, and then went, “Oh, okay then; underpants it is.” ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177/12 "2013-01-14T19:19:53Z")
When did this start? I saw a couple pix of pantsless people riding BART in San Francisco, and I’d never heard of it until yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177/13 "2013-01-14T19:24:07Z")
Apparently, this is the [12th year](http://improveverywhere.com/missions/the-no-pants-subway-ride/). ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177/14 "2013-01-14T19:24:34Z")
The group that organizes the No Pants Subway Ride is [Improv Everywhere](http://improveverywhere.com/). Although I haven’t looked, I’m sure that you can find some information as to the history of the Ride on their website. They do a lot more than that though–check out some of their other pranks. I rather like the Carousel Horse Race, the Mini Golf Open, and their surprise musicals. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177/15 "2013-01-14T19:46:06Z")
Ah, dang. I wish I’d seen something like that. When you go onto Improv Everywhere’s web page, they show some pictures from the ride. One is from a couple old enough to be my parents. Love it! ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177/16 "2013-01-14T19:55:23Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I love the pictures of people _taking off_ their pants. I want to believe that were just random passers-by who initially had no intention of participating, and then went, “Oh, okay then; underpants it is.” I have come to believe that for a large chunk of the male population, pants are a completely societal pressure and the moment they get the slightest idea that no one will mace them for depantsing, they relieve themselves of the khaki menace. Mind you, I don’t necessarily object. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177/17 "2013-01-14T19:58:05Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > Nothing worse than observing fun-loving and attractive, college-age kids in their underpants on the way to work. I didn’t say they were attractive (most of them looked like douchebags), and nobody was going to work. It was Sunday afternoon and they weren’t wearing pants. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177/18 "2013-01-14T21:08:55Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I didn’t say they were attractive (most of them looked like douchebags), and nobody was going to work. It was Sunday afternoon and they weren’t wearing pants. You should never participate in the No-Pants Subway ride, because then everyone could plainly see the stick up your ass. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177/19 "2013-01-14T21:39:04Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > You should never participate in the No-Pants Subway ride, because then everyone could plainly see the stick up your ass. > > 😉 Adding a smiley isn’t enough to make this “not an insult.” Don’t do this again. No warning issued. **twickster** , MPSIMS moderator ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177/20 "2013-01-14T21:53:47Z")
I’ve read about Improv Everywhere and this particular happening before and think this is hysterical. Also, if I lived somewhere with a subway, I’d probably participate just to show that middle-aged, gray-haired people were up for it. I was all for the [World Naked Bike Ride](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Naked_Bike_Ride) in Detroit a few years ago (along with the guy I was dating at the time) but it got cancelled. Boo. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-you-aint-got-no-pants/647177.md?page=2)