{"id":241525,"date":"2026-01-12T20:11:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/241525\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T20:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:11:16","slug":"cheeky-londoners-let-their-trousers-down-on-underground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/241525\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Cheeky’ Londoners let their trousers down on Underground"},"content":{"rendered":"

Around 100 people have let their trousers down on the London Underground “just for fun”.<\/p>\n

The No Trousers on Tube Ride has become an annual tradition on the busy transport system.<\/p>\n

One of them, William Skannerup, said that he took part after going through a “terrible breakup” and wanting to “do something different”.<\/p>\n

“My game plan? To look as cute as possible and get a picture to use on my dating profile,” the 32-year-old said.<\/p>\n

Once inside the train, Mr Skannerup and his fellow participants – wearing coats, hats and gloves – dropped their trousers.<\/p>\n

\"People<\/p>\n

Commuters blushed, laughed and shielded their children’s eyes at the barefaced spectacle.<\/p>\n

“Nothing to see here,” one man told his son.<\/p>\n

Inspired by an event, launched in New York in 2002, the challenge has become an annual ritual in London since 2009, said organiser Dave Selkirk.<\/p>\n

“In New York, it’s called ‘No Pants’, but that means something different in London,” where pants refers to underwear, he explained.<\/p>\n

The brief? Participants are told to keep their underwear on and are encouraged to wear “low-key” lingerie so that “it looks like you’ve just forgotten your trousers”.<\/p>\n

“The world is a rough place at the moment, and it’s lovely to have something that is just for the sake of fun,” Mr Selkirk said.<\/p>\n

\"People<\/p>\n

Mexican couple Daniela Garcia and Fran Ruiloba joined in the revelry after hearing about the event last year.<\/p>\n

“I love it, it’s so cheeky, it’s so English,” Ms Garcia said.<\/p>\n

“It’s not illegal but like pushing the envelope a little bit, I like it,” added the 28-year-old lawyer.<\/p>\n

“I feel silly,” Mr Ruiloba, a 34-year-old doctor, said.<\/p>\n

“Right now we’re just happy to take our pants off and see where that takes us.”<\/p>\n

“It’s one of the best public transports in the world. So, if I’m going to be without trousers, I think London’s the best place for it,” Ms Garcia added.<\/p>\n

\"People<\/p>\n

Will, a 28-year-old working in marketing, said that he might get cold feet when the time comes to bare (almost) all.<\/p>\n

“You’ve got to try all the unique things in London … I think it’s important to do stuff that’s pushing the line a little bit,” he said.<\/p>\n

Did he do anything to prepare for the big day? “I did some squats before,” Will revealed, “to look good”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Around 100 people have let their trousers down on the London Underground “just for fun”. The No Trousers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-241525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}