No Pants Day recap: "Everything can be more fun without pants"
Here is Bluebummer’s account of last Saturday’s No Pants Day Chicago. He also took the photos, so thanks for sharing, Justin Hardesty! (There are more photos in the continuation.)
We met at Granville and Magnolia at 2 pm. About 40 to 50 people participated. The reason the number is unclear is due to people joining us on the train.
It worked very well. The plan was that there were three groups. Each group had a different car and each person or couple people were assigned a stop.
At the stop before yours you would stand up and lose your pants, stow them away in your bag, and then exit at your stop. Then you would wait for the next train and enter the same car you exited on the previous train.
It was fun to watch the reactions as someone would get on the train and see the first no pants person. Then they would take a seat and notice the big picture. The look on their faces would go from “OK, that was strange” to “what the hell!” Once everyone was depantsed and aboard the second train it was pretty full of both bottomed and non-bottomed people.
When we arrived at Monroe everyone exited the train. The platform was soon flooded with pants-less individuals. On the way back north the reactions when everyone got on the train at the same time was priceless.
The lady who was sitting right next to me had no idea what just happened. She was floored. She then asked me why I have no pants on. I told her, “My roommate was yelling at me and I ran out of my apartment and COMPLETELY forgot my pants.” She said, “OK then what is everyone else’s story”
I told her I had no Idea what their stories were and maybe she should ask them. She asked the girl sitting directly across from me. The girl looked right into her eyes and said, “Sorority initiation” and rolled her eyes.
We then each got off at designated stops and did the same going back up to Granville. When we reached Granville we got off the train and went back over to our meeting spot and took a no pants picture in the parking lot.
All in all very successful first no pants for Chicago! I learned everything can be more fun without pants!
Here are more photos by Justin. See a Sun-Times story here.
Wouldn't it have been easier to move from one car to the next? That way you wouldn't have to wait out in the cold with no pants.
Anyway, I love the idea and wish I was in Chicago to take part. :(
Posted by: Tovi | January 14, 2008 at 09:13 PM
Might have been easier to move from one car to the next - that's how this was originally done, but with 50 people participating, you don't want to end up with people stranded on the platform because they didn't make it to the car in time. This way you wait out a bit more (which gets some pretty good reactions) and there's almost no chance of missing it.
Posted by: Eric | January 14, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Congratulations, Kevin! You're listed in the top 171 blogs by Chicago Magazine!
Posted by: Thomas Westgard | January 15, 2008 at 09:03 AM
You know, I gotta ask this ... men have it a little easier in that our undergarments are not quite as formfitting. Women don't have it quite that easy. If I were a woman, I couldn't imagine going out with just panties on. How was that handled by them? Did they wear men's boxers or something? Asked out of simple curiousity ...
Posted by: Mike Harris | January 15, 2008 at 09:46 AM
Gee, Mike, obviously you need to try on some women's underwear and get some personal experience. Walk around outside for a bit; just see what happens.
It'll be okay, I promise.
Posted by: Thomas Westgard | January 15, 2008 at 10:40 AM
Man, I knew I was sexy...but I didn't know I was that sexy...
Posted by: Dennis | January 16, 2008 at 03:32 PM
I love the Google "Urinary incontinence" ad right under that picture. Actually, that's kind of appropriate for those late night blue line rides.
Posted by: David | January 21, 2008 at 11:14 PM