During my blog hiatus earlier this year, I made a note of a few things I wanted to blog about. While this isn’t timely, I still think it’s worth talking about 🙂
If you aren’t aware, back in May Australia went to the polls for our federal election. Don’t worry, this isn’t about politics, rather, about the way Aussies went to vote…without pants. There is a reason why hundreds turned out, pantless, to vote – even though election day was cool and wet across a lot of Australia.
Aussie swimwear brand Budgy Smuggler put a social media call out the week prior encouraging people to “exercise their constitutional right to vote without pants on”. The company offered a free pair to anyone voting without pants and posting a photo with the hashtag #SmugglersDecide.
Australia didn’t disappoint.
“We thought maybe one or two would do it … hundreds have turned out,” Budgy Smuggler owner Adam Linforth said. “It’s going to be an expensive day for Budgy Smuggler.” (If you are wondering, they honoured their promise.)
Before we get to the photos, just in case you were wondering, a budgie smuggler is Aussie slang for a male speedo style swimmer, called that because it looks like they’re smuggling budgies in there 😉
Aussie larrikinism at its finest. Love it.
Would you vote with no pants?
Photos from news.com.au.
September 23, 2022 at 11:53 pm
That’s hilarious! Love it. There’d be a problem if we did this in Canada during a winter election. The budgies would turn into hummingbirds, at the very least 😉.
Deb
September 24, 2022 at 1:39 pm
Haha, yes, I’m sure snow would be a deterrent. Fur-lined budgy smugglers?
September 24, 2022 at 12:27 am
Hoo boy. Not ready for that!
September 24, 2022 at 2:09 pm
I’d go barefoot (if you notice, those pantless aren’t the only ones shoeless), but I’d wear pants.
September 24, 2022 at 4:00 am
I could see us doing that in California. Although, we can now do mail in voting, so it wouldn’t have the same impact, voting pantless from home.
September 24, 2022 at 2:10 pm
We can do postal votes and early voting, but a lot still do on the day voting (there’s the whole democratic sausage to buy, after all).
September 24, 2022 at 5:07 am
Hah! I’m so glad people took the challenge. It made for some very funny pictures!
Pants on for me, always! Although like Liz, we have mail in voting. But If I were brave, I could walk to the mailbox 😉
September 24, 2022 at 2:16 pm
I had no idea about it until that night, but I am glad they did too. It made for a break from all the political reporting.