What do you make of ‘No Trouser Tube Ride’?

[Proaky]

Saw the spectacle for myself. As a woman in my late 20s I have absolutely no desire to participate in this. Seems like an outdated 2013 “quirky” trend that won’t die. I’m always surprised at the diversity in those who participate - old/young, thin/bigger etc.

Maybe I’m getting older but I really just thought “put it away”

Saw the paps at the St I got off and would be mortified being photographed in my knickers.

Some of the hairy, Casper legs were quite frankly gross!

metro.co.uk/2026/01/09/london-underground-tradition-say-messed-up-returning-26173711/amp/

'Does Dettol make an upholstery spray?' is what I'm thinking.

Yuck

not appropriate

I assure you the tube seats have had worse on them than thighs and underwear (which is a very good reason why I find this baffling, but then I don't take part).

Every year this happens I remind myself not to go on the tube that day!

Bring back the days of Extreme Ironing, I say!

I think I'd quite like two layers of fabric between strangers bums and public transport seats. It feels more hygienic, even though I'm not sure my theory stands up to scientific rigor.

As for seeing a diverse range of pasty and hairy legs, crack on.

Yes, agree wholeheartedly.

Makes me a bit nostalgic for the days when I had free time for this kind of silly nonsense instead of a school run to do and a team to manage!

Your crucial mistake is thinking tube seats are hygienic to start with! I was on one of the night tubes once and there was half an open pack of raw chicken breasts upturned over a couple of seats (no, I can't explain it either - you see some weird shit on the night tube ).

I've also seen a pigeon take quite a large dump over an overground seat.

And that's not even counting all the shoes that get wiped on the seats because people have to put their feet up, the air pollution that settles into the fabric (if you blow your nose after getting the tube, it will come out black), and the general dust and grime that simply comes with millions of humans shedding hair and dead skin and doing all the other things we do like spilling drinks and letting dogs up on the seats.

So all that said, I can't fathom why I'd sit on a tube seat in just my underwear.

Good lord the pomposity on this thread about pale legs 🤣🤣🤣

It’s for exhibitionists. I try not to give it any attention. I do find it pretty 🤮 though..

Body hair isn’t gross.

Banned!

It's a bit of fun, what a prudish lot you all are. It wouldn't bother me in the slightest, and if I was younger I would possibly join in.

Come summer there will be just as much flesh on display in shorts and skirts

This is MN though
So you should be in full office gear in your garden in the middle of summer
Daring to sunbathe in a bikini in your garden or wear leggings outside the gym is a cardinal sin

Is 'Casper legs' what people are getting their undies in a bunch over? Or did I miss something?

no one in their right mind (including me) wants to see me in my pants in January. I make Casper look like he's been on a beach holiday!

plus it's too bloody cold. 🥶

are they fundraising?

No wouldn't bother me at all either & when j was younger id have joined jn. But feel the cold too much these days (& a medical issue makes it painful!)

Is 'Casper legs' what people are getting their undies in a bunch over? Or did I miss something?

Would you use the words 'chocolate legs' to describe a black person?

If the answer is yes, then no, you've missed nothing.

Revolting

What!? Stolen from New York!

https://newyorkcityfeelings.com/no-pants-subway-ride-2026/

As the original organiser said, I think it’s run its course!

These things start out as innocent, quirky fun and then gradually get hi-jacked by perves and exhibitionists.

I suppose, at least, people have made an allowance for the differing transatlantic meaning of the word 'pants' and haven't taken it literally in the UK!

Then again, loads of people go out in public every day wearing perfectly standard, decent clothing that isn't trousers, so the name doesn't make a huge amount of obvious sense.

They look so dumb and happy. Let them enjoy themselves.

Don't stretch so hard you'll do yourself an injury!

Us Brits have always had a sense of humour, able to take the P out of ourselves. Casper legs is funny/nothing, it's not the equivalent of chocolate legs about a black person.

What’s RHPS?