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No Pants on the TTC, In Video

Posted by Tim / January 12, 2009

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It might have been cold and snowy out, but that didn't stop Improv Toronto from organizing the second annual No Pants Subway Ride starting at Queen's Park station. Torontoist has a round-up and photos from inside one of the subway cars and Improv Toronto has posted a video on their YouTube channel which is also embedded below.

Gotta love the reaction from one of the TTC workers at the end of the video who remarks "It's freedom of whatever it's called....so you guys gotta do what you gotta do".

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Canada / January 12, 2009 at 12:07 pm
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It's Canada. whiskey tango foxtrot. Let's see them try that in the Winter time. It's coooooold
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slacks / January 12, 2009 at 12:09 pm
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It is an international day not just celebrated here in Toronto. Jan 10 and May 2nd are no pants days, word'em up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Pants_Day
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p / January 12, 2009 at 12:52 pm
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At least the event had a good cause. Like, erm...
So they brought attention to serious social issues like...*cough*...
Well, at least there's the message they're trying to send. Which is...ummm...was there a point to any of this?
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m / January 12, 2009 at 01:12 pm
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I saw a guy's privates 'cause he decided to partake in this with boxers that had one of those... openings? I have no idea what you call. Not fun.
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Gloria / January 12, 2009 at 02:02 pm
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Is there any point to blog comments?
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Davedavedave replying to a comment from Gloria / January 12, 2009 at 02:18 pm
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Yes - to share one's opinions with others. Any other questions?
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Bobo the clown replying to a comment from Canada / January 12, 2009 at 02:58 pm
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...It was done in the winter time.
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OldStu / January 12, 2009 at 03:04 pm
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I'm being charged 5 cents for a plastic bag and these people are walking around in thier undercarriage out! Crazy world. In my day we wore pants that had to legs, a zipper, and a button. That's the way it was, and we liked it!
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That Guy replying to a comment from p / January 12, 2009 at 03:46 pm
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Not everything needs to have a point or a message.
Enjoy life, laugh a little. This made me smile.
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Hamish Grant / January 12, 2009 at 03:53 pm
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I would pay money to see some of these pantsless hipsters standing near a homeless person sleeping on a heating grate.
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That Guy / January 12, 2009 at 04:01 pm
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I pay money not to see homeless people on grates.

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duthie / January 12, 2009 at 04:30 pm
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did anyone take off there pants and jacket? :P
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B / January 12, 2009 at 07:25 pm
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I like the NY one where everyone is just reading and not wearing pants. People seem too self aware in this one.
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Sean / January 13, 2009 at 05:10 am
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SHEEP!
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cd / January 13, 2009 at 07:47 am
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The music made me die laughing!

(I was then reseructed, and wrote this post)
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tyrone / January 13, 2009 at 07:50 am
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of course people are too self aware in this one. it's toronto, torontonians are notoriously humourless, and it was, like, -14 outside.
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p replying to a comment from That Guy / January 13, 2009 at 11:38 am
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I suppose, but I didn't find it funny in the least so I guess that one's lost on me. I guess my point was that, between fluff like this and the daily re-hash of news I've already gotten from radio/newspapers/tv/etc., it just seems like this blog is jumping the shark something fierce.
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Tim replying to a comment from p / January 13, 2009 at 11:51 am
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Ouch. Well, we'd appreciate hearing what you'd like to see more of on this site. Thanks.
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p / January 13, 2009 at 12:31 pm
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Cheers, Tim. I didn't mean it to be as painful as that.

I'd like to see more truly ground-level stuff. You know, stuff that Now/Eye/Star/Sun/Post/etc. won't touch or aren't aware of.

For example, the Toronto galleries piece was a good one: http://blogto.com/toronto/the_best_new_art_galleries_in_toronto_2008/

Before anyone jumps on me, yes I know that NOW and Eye both have extensive listings in this area, but they don't even mention galleries like galleryDK. The kind of information I find on blogTO is good but if it's original it seems like a hastily put-together post or, as I've mentioned, it's just an abreviated version of information I can get elsewhere. That's a crass generalization but I think it's fair.

I'm pretty sure your writers can find some interesting things to write about in their own neighbourhoods (they do live in TO, don't they?!)

Regardless, good to know you're listening and even though I may not agree with the content, I appreciate the effort.
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jerkface replying to a comment from p / January 11, 2010 at 02:54 pm
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You take the time to say you didn't find it funny, which implies that if you had, you might have found a point in it. But you can clearly see that others did find it funny, and yet still claim not to find a point in it. Are we supposed to conclude that you are our new cultural dictator? I didn't see that post.
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