Tue May 22 22:20:37 SAST 2012
Tue May 22 22:20:37 SAST 2012

'No Pants' Gautrain ride ends with handcuffs

Jan 11, 2011 | Sapa | 28 comments

A “No Pants Gautrain Ride” — coinciding with the 10th annual ”No Pants Subway Ride” in New York — ended with 34 “indecent” people being handcuffed and taken to Kempton Park police station

 EXPENSIVE JOKE: They were fined R700 each 

“It was very funny,” said Kuba Granicki, one of those taking part in the Facebook-arranged event on the anniversary of the first  ”No Pants Subway Ride” in New York 10 years ago.

Beeld reports the group arrived at the Rhodesfield station in Kempton Park at 3pm on Sunday to travel to the Sandton station and back again to Kempton Park.

As soon as the doors of the train closed, the entire group stood  up, took off their trousers and stuffed them into their hand luggage.

“People were openly staring and laughing at us,” said Granicki.

But as they arrived back at Rhodesfield, Gautrain security guards “surrounded” the group and handcuffed them.

They were taken to Kempton Park police station where they were made to wait three hours while the police decided what to do with them.

“They wanted to charge us with public indecency, but then realised there was no indecency,” said Granicki.

The group was eventually allowed to leave.

It was not as indecent as it sounds; the men were still wearing boxer shorts while the women opted for shorts.

The Bombela Gautrain operator fined them R700 each for wearing the “wrong clothing”.

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Tue May 22 22:20:37 SAST 2012 ::
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Jan 11, 2011

PeloYaTonki

We need fresh ideas in SA.
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Jan 11, 2011

Vandal

LOL...now what happens if a man extra leg decide to rise up...? do you stand and look at him or do you walk away?

I know for women they would see it as a complement that they were able to make a man rise up.
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Jan 11, 2011

teneriffe

le a kopisa le lena. le dilo tse snax
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Jan 11, 2011

MAKABAZA

TJO WELCOME TO NEW SA! LOL
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Jan 11, 2011

Bdoobs

Such behaviours in SA should not be tolerated. The must charge and jail them - public indecency - six months jail term. Aksiyise' States la.
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Jan 11, 2011

Sinudeity

LOL.

Nobody likes to wear pants.
But its the law.
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Jan 11, 2011

daddy73

Ga se mo States mo...? Jail them for six months and let them learn a lesson. I bet you there are no darkies in this group.
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Jan 11, 2011

Sinudeity

daddy73 - *cough*racist alert*cough*
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Jan 11, 2011

DJWinner

Why can't it be just a bottomless ride? No pants, no underwears nothing. I've been in 1 bottomless party and I found it very interesting.
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Jan 11, 2011

ThabiZandi

This aint good. Pants down! A lot can happen phela, like rape. Its a NO for me.
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