Another year, another day of no one wearing trousers on London's tube

Be gone, trousers.
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Sam Haysom
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LONDON -- It's that time of year again.

Everyone knows that trousers (or pants, if you're America) are a cumbersome, abrasive burden, so it's only right that one day a year we get to dispense with them altogether for our daily commute.

No Trousers Tube Ride Day is a glorious tradition started in New York back in 2002, which quickly spread to other countries when people realised just how much fun not wearing trousers on public transport can be.


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Here are some highlights from the London's 2017 'No Trousers Tube Ride':

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Here's to another year of trouserless transport.

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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