In the current Round 'em Up Hold the Kids Hostage & Deport the Greasy Foreign Bastards climate, it's natural to assume a somewhat reduced turnout for Cinco de Mayo throughout North America. So, what to do this Friday if you just gotta get your celebratin' and commemoratin' on?

International No Pants Day has the answer!

• No Pants Day is this Friday, May the 5th
• No Pants Day is a day where everyone, be they students, respectable businessmen, or cherished community leaders, leave their pants behind. Usually this means wearing thick, appropriately modest boxer shorts, but bloomers, slips, briefs, and boxer-briefs all work as well.
• Shirts from SpreadShirt.com can be had here.
• High quality flyers and raw images can be had here.
• If you take pictures, upload them to Flickr with the tag 'nopantsday'. If you don't have a flickr account, send them to pics AT nopantsday.com
• The celebration in Austin will be a part of the Austin Improv Collective's improv shows at the Hideout on Friday. The Hideout is located at 617 Congress Ave. Shows are at 8, 10, and 11:30pm.
• The celebration in Atlanta, GA will be a pantsless pub meeting (possibly pub crawl?) starting at Trackside in Decatur, Ga, next to Agnes Scott College. Also, people sans pants on bikes will be given extra kudos and will make things easier going from pub to pub with many folks. Meet at Trackside around 9-ish pm
• Anyone wanting more information should contact us at INFO AT NOPANTSDAY.COM.
• Check out our myspace account for bulletins at http://myspace.com/nopantsday.
• Pictures from last year's celebrations across the world can be temporarily seen here.

And here's our FAQ:

1. What in the world is No Pants Day?
   No Pants Day is a day where everyone, be they students, respectable businessmen, or cherished community leaders, leave their pants behind. Usually this means wearing thick, appropriately modest boxer shorts, but bloomers, slips, briefs, and boxer-briefs all work as well.
2. That's it?
   Yeah, that's it. But from the core idea comes so much more. When large groups of people parade around in public without their pants, amazing things are bound to happen. At the very least, you'll take your drab, wretched life a little less seriously, at least for one day.
3. When is it?
   No Pants Day is always on the first Friday of May, which this year is May the 5th, 2006.
4. So I can wear a skirt instead? or "Hey, no problem, I was gonna wear a dress anyways!"
   You're very clever, but you're missing the point. Articles of clothing like skirts, shorts, kilts, and dresses don't count, because people are encouraged to revel in the absence of pants, and not replace pants with other clothing. The point is to relax and enjoy the humor inherent in people not wearing pants. A good rule of thumb is to pretend like you were going to wear pants, and then just fail to put them on.
5. I know of or am hosting a No Pants Day event. Can I get it listed here?
   YES. Please send an e-mail right away to info@nopantsday.com, and we'll post a news item detailing your event. The same is true for anyone hosting their own No Pants Day website.
6. I want to record a No Pants Day song! Can I?
   Of course, and we'll be glad to host it here and give out all your relevent contact information. Also, we'll eventually be making a No Pants Day audio CD, so your work could be on that, too. Again, send e-mail to info@nopantsday.com
7. How long has this been going on?
   No one knows for sure how long No Pants Day has been celebrated… some reports place it as early as '85/'86, but for all we know it started long before then. We've been actively promoting No Pants Day for 5 years now, ourselves. If anyone has any concrete evidence or tales of earlier celebrations, please let us know at info@nopantsday.com.
8. Is this a joke?
   In the same way that all of life is a joke, yes. But no. We're not trying to scam anyone, or satirize anything. We're simply advocating a fun-filled holiday, and the more people who participate the more fun it is.
9. Did you know that in Britain "pants" means underwear? Shouldn't it be No Trousers Day instead?
   Hmmm.. this holiday could be extremely interesting in Britain, then. But seriously, No Pants Day just sounds catchier, doesn't it? And besides, this gives British people something to mention when you bring up the holiday around them. They laugh and say, "In Britain, 'pants' means…." etc, etc, and they feel good for being the center of attention. So bully for them!