No Pants Subway Rides

I do not search the internet or youtube for funny videos. But, if someone sends me a link or says I should watch something I have no problem wasting time, getting a good laugh in, and feeling more awkward at work. I mean, who really would be laughing out loud about insurance coverage?! Unfortunately, not being in a college environment anymore has dramatically decreased my access to videos that are "popular". I am no longer told to watch Mad Tvs "Can I have your Number"(Side note, the back of your head is ridiculous), David after Dentist, or one of my personal favorites, the crying sorority girl who "Just wanted to make it snow", just because someone stumbled across the video and now it has become slang or a cult classic. At first when I realized this, I was pretty sad. I decided this meant I was now lame, ("I'm down, I'm hip, I got the 411"), and dare I say it, an "adult".

But this was until I checked my email and realized that even if people around me are not watching humorous videos, and are frankly a little bit boring, I know I still have one person who finds them for me, my dad. Sure, his style of what is amusing is not exactly youtube quality. The videos he sends usually come from actual news stories, or funny science things, and not people's personal videos, but who cares? I will gladly upgrade my humor to being based on fact and not similar to a reality show, if that means I still get to laugh at the stupid things people and animals are caught on tape doing. I will always love the drunk monkeys who steal alcohol, or as my dad described them an "animal model of alcoholism", (See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSm7BcQHWXk), and the woman who called 9-1-1 to report, herself, drunk driving, by saying "I am them" ( See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNaOR4QMZC0) . The words "Classic" and "Priceless" come to mind.

Today's emailed video about "No Pants Day" is definitely worth checking out. It will absolutely help to disrupt the monotony that is the office environment, and help end the "case of the Mondays" that we all probably have going for us:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8451565.stm

In reference to the above event, a participant was quoted as saying: "There's not really any point or any cause" to the event...We're just trying to put smiles on people's faces". This could perhaps be the best reason I have ever heard of for people "doing something crazy". I wish people everywhere did things like this just to make other's laugh. I consider it a good deed of sorts....and to all you participants out there, you have my blessing.

Is it bad that I am actually depressed to have missed seeing this, or frankly, am sort of angered I was not invited to participate?! Sure, I would not go pantsless in public, let alone on gross public transportation where I would probably get a disease from the seats. But, I would have ridden the metro for hours just to see how ridiculous people looked in 20 degree weather in their "skivys". Talk about riding the "Crazy Train".

After I sent her this link, the Executive Assistant, yelled to me, "Thank YOU for sending me this, I am SO glad to know that I am not insane". Apparently yesterday getting on the metro, getting off the metro, and sitting on the metro, she saw at least four people with no pants and she was SO confused. I am glad that I could help her out and make her feel like she was not just "imagining everyone in their underpants". Yet, to be honest, she only made me more jealous. Her witnessing the event meant that in the world of physical surroundings I JUST missed seeing this hilarity and randomness occur firsthand. I need to find out what listserve these groups alert to their events so that next time anything like this happens in my hometown, I am sitting in the front row, laughing, and allowing this randomness to contribute to all that is my life. If you are listening out there people, SIGN ME UP.