May 4, 2001
When Friday came, there was somewhat less than 2,000 students without pants. We had about eight of us at the booth at any given time, and there were probably about 40 of us that went without pants the whole day, including two girls, who were very brave souls. Also, throughout the day we probably got about 40-50 more people to drop their pants for us. Of course, we assume most of them put them back on later, though. The excuse we heard most often was that the person asked to "drop 'em" wasn't wearing anything underneath. This led us to the conclusion that most of the student body doesn't wear underwear unless some of the lied.
Chi Chi bought some tear away pants, which proved funny every time he tore them away, probably because of the silver snakeskin boxers he had on underneath. Josh Hug also garnered his fair share of laughs with his shiny thong. Before donning this thong, however, Josh wore five different pairs of boxers all at the same time. This led to a strange event, when an asian man of about thirty, accompanied by both his parents and his little girls of about four years, came to the booth. When asked if he was going to go without pants for the day, this man said he would if one of us would drop our boxers. Josh, wearing five, was more than happy to drop one for him. This was not enough, though, and the man kept saying "More, More!" until Josh was down to his last pair. Here, Josh was faced with the dilemma of whether or not to show it off in front of two senior citizens and two girls who were about four years old. Seeing Josh's hesitation, the man screamed "Come on, Man! SHOW ME SOME MEAT!" and stormed off, with his family following after him.
In the future, I think we can expect to see a lot more student participation. It takes guts to not wear pants on no pants day, and things like this are about a million times easier if you see someone else do it first.
-Cha-Chee Christ