Happy No Pants Subway Day!

It's January; it's cold outside, so what do guys do for fun? Ride the subway with no pants on.

Yep, in major cities with subways across our fair land, brave lads are taking the tube in their best boxers to celebrate--well, taking the tube in their best boxers. It's No Pants Subway Day, when riders forced to take the train on a Saturday get to look at goosebumpy, hairy legs. Thanks for brightening the dark days of winter, guys!

And just because it's MY thing, here's the best book on britches I can come up with early on a Saturday morning! It's Angela Medearis' Poppa's New Pants. Poppa's new plaid pants are way too long to wear to church on Reunion Sunday, but all the womenfolk in the house, including the visiting matriarchs Grandma Tiny, Big Mama, and Aunt Viney, declare they are just too tired from all that cooking and visiting to hem them up before bedtime.

But while everyone but young George, on his pallet in the kitchen, seems to be deep in sleep, one by one three spectral white-clad seamstresses slip in to shorten the pants by the light of the moon. You can probably see where this one is going, as Poppa awakes to find his fine new pants thrice-altered, shortened into knee pants by the hands of three well-meaning midnight tailoresses.

After a good laugh for the whole family in the morning light, Poppa wears his old suit to church and hands down the lovingly tailored trousers to his growing son George, who wears the plaid with pride!

Let's give tribute to trousers as we pay proper respect to NO PANTS DAY!


Update: Not a goosebumped hirsute leg in sight here. Merry pranksters on their seventh annual subway ride sans pantaloons! I guess it's more fun than taking a January dunk in the local frigid river!

According to the reports, it was a fashion show of underpinnings, with all styles on display among the riders. What's next? No Pants Day at Home Depot?