Hundreds ride BART sans pants

[Webster Green]

(01-10) 19:53 PST -- Turns out, BART is a tad breezy.

Hundreds of riders learned that uncomfortable truth the hard way Sunday when they removed their pants on crowded, San Francisco-bound trains, as part of a national stunt sponsored by a New York performance art group.
"It feels strangely normal," said Luke Jakobsson, a student from Castro Valley who rode BART from the East Bay in nothing but shoes, a Swedish soccer jersey and matching skivvies. "Although I'm not sure how I feel about the wind in my ass.

Some wore frayed cotton boxers, others opted for pink satin thongs, and a few forewent underwear entirely.

They rode trains from the East Bay and the Peninsula, met at the Embarcadero Station and fanned across Muni and San Francisco streets, ostensibly in search of pants.

The purpose was to bring a bit of goofiness to public transit. Although, this being the Bay Area, many just wanted an excuse to disrobe in public.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/10/BA3B1BGBBR.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea#ixzz0cJxPfJUk

[LiberalFighter]

1. Did the Gropenator participate?

[Webster Green]

3. Jeebus! That would have cleared the trains!

I've seen pics of him at the beach. :scared:

[mikelgb]

2. Fail - No photos, I'll provide win:

[Webster Green]

5. Conceded..

Excellent! :P

[Moochy]

4. Remind me to stand next time I take BART

:rofl:

[KansDem]

6. A little off-topic, but this reminds me of an old Rodney Dangerfield joke..

Paraphrased...

The other day I went to my doctor. He said he wanted to do a complete physical on me and needed a urine sample, stool sample, and semen sample. So I left him my underwear and went home! *rimshot*

[dustbunnie]

7. What a brill experiment! Would have loved to be there. It must have been surreal.

:)

[wtmusic]

8. "Art". Heh. nt

[brooklynite]

9. Personally, I think boxers ruin the whole effect...

It's almost like wearing gym shorts. Go for the gusto and break out the briefs!

[jumptheshadow]

10. A friend of mine saw this in NYC...

When her train stopped at Times Square, the car filled with pantless people. Being a New Yorker who is unfazed by anything, she resumed her nap.