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| Image by Gerry Kahrmann/Postmedia News |
One event after another, on 8th January, 2012, there was a D&G Photo-taking Day in Hong Kong, on the other side of the planet, same day but 13 hours apart, there was a No Pants Subway Ride in New York!
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| A platform full of people in New York Image from http://nationalpostnews.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/newyork.jpg |
What is the No Pants Subway Ride all about?
Here's the origin.
From a prank to a city's annual event to a event celebrated in 49 cities across the globe. A celebration of humanity which is outside the scope of the Olympic Game; a celebration of silliness as their website puts it; a celebration of freedom 10 years in a row!!
And actually, it is not restricted to a single city or country. Try San Francisco for instance.
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| San Francisco — No Pants Subway Ride 2012 on 8th Jan Image from The MADgazine |
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| Taiwan's No Pants Subway Ride Image from electru.de/wp-content |
And Guangzhou too!
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| Guangzhou Image from thebeijinger.com |
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| Image from hellovancity.com |
Wait a second, will we see a merge in D&G Photo-taking Day with the No Pants Subway Ride next year?
Interesting!!
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| A protester holds a placard outside a chain store of Dolce & Gabbana in Hong Kong, Sunday, Jan 8, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP |
And why not? Since the D&G Photo-taking Day is a move to regain freedom of photography and the No Pants Subway Ride is about freedom to not wear pants in the Subway. The former definitely will make a bigger scene while no wearing pants and the latter definitely enjoy being shot by thousands of cameras.
This might actually come true one day! Another idea I can claim credit from!
Vocabulary:
prank -- (n)[C] a trick that is intended to be funny but not to cause harm or damage
humanity -- (n) [U] people in general
placard -- (n) [C] a large piece of card, paper, etc. with a message written or printed on it, often carried in public places by people who are complaining about something
Resources:
News: Disliking Dolce & Gabbana @ Hong Kong! @ Locky's English Playground
http://lockyep.blogspot.com/2012/01/news-disliking-dolce-gabbana-hong-kong.html
The First No Pants Subway Ride @ YouTube
http://youtu.be/ofYSrHMYGEM
No Pants Subway Ride 2011 @ YouTube
http://youtu.be/yoajdUEYBIE
Celebrate Humanity @ Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrate_Humanity
No Pants Subway Ride 2012 @ The MADgazine
http://themadgazine.com/post/13872624873/no-pants-subway-ride-2012-on-8th-jan
The No Pants Subway Ride @ Improv Everywhere
http://improveverywhere.com/missions/the-no-pants-subway-ride/
No Pants Day @ Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Pants_Day
http://www.google.com.hk/search?aq=2&oq=no+pants+&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=no+pants+subway+ride+2012
No Pants Subway Ride 2012: Pantless riders hit NYC subways @ NY Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/pants-subway-ride-2012-pantless-riders-hit-nyc-subways-gallery-1.1003256
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/prank?q=prank
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/humanity_1?q=humanity+
