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Photos: The 2012 No Pants CTA Ride

By Samantha Abernethy in Arts & Entertainment on Jan 9, 2012 5:00PM

Improv Everywhere started the No Pants Subway ride in New York City 11 years ago, and now there are participants in dozens of cities. The purpose is to shock people with the view of participants' pale, prickly winter legs, or something like that. It used to be fun, but now it's predictable, nothing "improvisational" about it. The A.V. Club's Marah Eakin wrote, "How can something be a shocking surprise if everyone knows where, when, and how it’s happening?"

Well here are photos from this year's chilly journey, taken by Chicagoist Flickr pool contributor drew*in*chicago. Are you clutching your pearls?