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Voices: The No Trousers Tube Ride is one of London’s most problematic traditions

Source: PA Wire

Picture the scene: you’re waiting at the tube station, about to start a long day of work. You’re tired, you’re cold, you’re annoyed because it’s the first week of January and you’ve picked up the weekend shift. All you want to do is find a seat and listen to your podcast when the doors open and… what’s this? Why can I see that man’s underwear? Why can I see everyone’s underwear?

Don’t worry, your brain hasn’t been irreparably broken by the holiday’s weirdest annual tradition: the . No, I’m not joking.

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