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On Saturday, over three hundred Torontonians dropped their trousers on the TTC as part of the second annual No-Pants Subway Ride—an event organized by Improv in Toronto, the volunteer prank group behind Finish Line Marathon, Subway Dance Party, Dinosaur Protest, and Where's Waldo in the Eaton Centre. The event began at Queen’s Park at 3 p.m., as hundreds of cold Torontonians huddled around awaiting instructions. The original plan was to board at Museum Station, but scouts reported that TTC constables were out in full force, so the event was diverted to Queen's Park Station, and from there the group travelled south around to Eglinton Station, then back again. The objective was simple: remove your pants and act casual—you don’t know any of the other pants-less individuals, and they don’t know you. (Still confused? Then check out this YouTube clip of the trouser-less mayhem.)

Last weekend, Improv Toronto—the volunteer prank team that brought us such hits as Subway Dance Party, Dinosaur Protest, and Where's Waldo in the Eaton Centre—set out to bring the glamour and spirit of the finish line to downtown Toronto. Taking to the streets, twenty pranksters armed with noisemakers staked out intersections, Dundas Square, and even City Hall with a fake finish line banner and tried to get bystanders to race. Although many were confused at first—some people thought they had accidentally gotten mixed up in a marathon—most eventually realized that the cheers were for them. Over the course of the day, hundreds of Torontonians gleefully raced each other to the finish line and everyone who ran was given a first place certificate for their effort. "This just made my day," remarked one participant.