Your buddy calls you up and asks if you want to join him and 32 others to stand around in your underwear on the three fifteen to Blackheath. Says he read about it on Facebook. You tell him to go screw himself, right? Wrong. You ask him what colour boxers he’ll be wearing because you take Facebook very, very seriously.

34 Facebook users were fined R700 each for undressing on the Gautrain. The social networking enthusiasts read on Facebook about the 10th anniversary of the ‘No Pants Subway Ride’ in New York and felt – for reasons known to them – they had to take their pants off here too. In SA. On the Gautrain.

They did the unthinkable, logged off of Facebook and got on the three ‘o clock to Sandton. Just after the doors closed they stood up and took their pants off. Just like that.

After what must have been the most uncomfortable ride in Joburg yesterday, the train stopped and police arrested the miscreants for public indecency. This was later brought down to “wrong clothing”.

Kuba Granicki, spokesperson for the enthusiasts, said it was “very funny” and that people were openly “staring and laughing” at them. This is what Kuba looks like on Facebook.

Alarmingly the exhibitionists were let go and are probably updating their Facebook statuses as I type this.

Sometimes you wish the authorities would come down harder on this type of thing.

[SOURCE: Mail & Guardian Online]