When you journey on the London Underground, you would possibly wish to put together your self for what you’re more likely to see this weekend.
That’s as a result of the annual ‘No Trousers Tube Experience’ is returning on Sunday, January 12, which means a whole bunch of individuals will probably be taking London’s public transport sans trousers.
The weird custom has taken place within the capital every year since 2009 (barring lockdown when it was on hiatus) and was impressed by a No Pants Subway Experience in New York in 2002.
As a part of this, folks head all the way down to the chosen assembly location absolutely clothed, earlier than stripping all the way down to their pants, and casually getting on the tube – however the catch is, everybody collaborating has to behave as blasé about it as attainable, making it appear like they merely ‘forgot’ their trousers.
For these collaborating, there are just a few guidelines: no small pants, thongs or something see-through could be worn. As a result of let’s face it, there’s solely a lot fellow commuters can solely deal with on a Sunday afternoon.
Related stunts have taken place beforehand all all over the world, nonetheless it appears London is the one metropolis nonetheless holding the custom alive in 2025 as elsewhere the occasion is not going forward.
And whereas many will seemingly become involved this 12 months, there are loads who don’t assume it needs to be occurring anymore, together with the unique occasion organisers, The Stiff Higher Lip Society.
The group stopped organising the tube journey in 2023 as they felt it had ‘run its course’. In 2024 it’s thought the occasion was taken over by a previous member of the group, Dave Selkirk.
The occasion has effectively and actually divided social media customers, with some branding it ‘horrific’.
Reddit person u/zehtov thought it was ‘disgusting’, whereas a distinct poster admitted the tube journey ‘baffled them yearly’.
u/GetCapeFly wrote: ‘I’m of the opinion trousers needs to be worn indefinitely in public, particularly wehn standing in a crowded tube carriage with full strangers.’
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Equally, on Fb, Sharon Harris proclaimed that it was ‘tousled’, and Jo Elliott agreed it could ‘make [her] really feel sick’ to see.
However others didn’t see a difficulty with it as they claimed carrying pants was ‘no completely different from being on the seashore’ and that London’s annual nude cycle journey was a lot worse.
When and the place is the No Trousers Tube Experience happening?
For 2025, the No Trousers Tube Experience will probably be happening on Sunday, January 12 and people who wish to give it a go will probably be gathering on the outdated pagoda spot in Chinatown, Soho, at 14:45.
At this level everybody needs to be absolutely clothed, with a bag to retailer their trousers/skirt in once they take away them.
Everybody will set off at 3pm and head to the tube for the journey. Individuals will drop their pants, get on the prepare and proceed to behave as if nothing out of the bizarre is going on – studying books, chatting or listening to music.
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