Day strippers go public on global transport

Thousands of New Yorkers thought it was a hot thing on Sunday to strip to their underwear during winter and ride on public transportation, along with pantless crowds in about 60 countries.

"I'm a no-pant virgin," declared a grinning Miguel Ramos amid New York's No Pants Subway Ride. It was the Mexican-born restaurant worker's first foray into the "international celebration of silliness", as organizers billed it.

The laughter-filled ritual started in the largest US city in 2002 and has expanded nationwide and overseas, from Atlanta, Chicago and Dallas to London, Berlin, Prague and Vienna.