Sunday, January 10 03pm
Various Locations
The 15th Annual No Pants Subway Ride will take place in on Sunday, January 10th, 2016 in New York City and over 60 cities around the world – Previous years have included Sydney, London, Berlin, Paris, Shanghai, Mexico City and many more.
There are seven meeting points this year in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION:
1) Willing to take pants off on subway 2) Able to keep a straight face about it
At the meeting points, participants will be organized into groups and assigned a specific train car. Once everyone is divided up we will all head to nearby subway station[s]. Do not talk to others once you enter the subway system. No one knows each other.
Sit in the car as you normally would. Read a magazine or whatever you would normally do. Your team leader will have already divided you into smaller groups, assigning your group a specific stop where you will depants.
As soon as the doors shut at the stop before yours, stand up and take your pants off and put them in your backpack. If you’d like to use a briefcase, purse, grocery bag, or whatever instead of a backpack that’s fine too. If anyone asks you why you’ve removed your pants, tell them that they were “getting uncomfortable” (or something along those lines.)
Exit the train at your assigned stop and stand on the platform, pantless. You will wait on the platform for the next train to arrive. Stay in the exact same place on the platform so you enter the next train in the same car as you exited the last train.
When you enter, act as you normally would. You do not know any of the other pantless riders. If questioned, tell folks that you “forgot to wear pants” and yes you are “a little cold.” Insist that it is a coincidence that others also forgot their pants. Be nice and friendly and normal.
By 4pm all 4,000 particpants will be at Union Square station. There will also be an after party at Webster Hall.
Improv Everywhere is a New York City-based prank collective that causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere has executed over 100 missions involving tens of thousands of undercover agents.
For more information and list of rules for participation visit: http://improveverywhere.com/2016/01/04/no-pants-subway-ride-2016-details-for-new-york/