All Wednesday One-Liners

Store chick: I got a high school ring, and it was the biggest regret of my life.

–NYU Professional Bookstore, LaGuardia Place

Overheard by: andrew

Chick: I can’t apologize for being a bitch…because, like, then I wouldn’t be a bitch.

–23rd & Lexington

Hobo: You got the card? You got it? We’re gonna kill ourselves. I’m gonna swim to New Jersey and they’ll drag me up onto the rocks.

–1 train

Overheard by: James Gillece

Man: Is this where we get off?

–Times Square shuttle

Suit: I read that they’re gonna be replaced by robots soon. A robot’s not gonna complain about pension.

–4 train

Overheard by: Charles

AM New York guy: Safe sex is the best sex! Wear a condom! Read all about it! AMNews!

–72nd Street 1/2/3 station

Overheard by: Hazel924

Girl on cell: Yo, I had the illest diarrhea yesterday!

–7 train

Old guy: Shit, I ain’t goin’ ice skating, I ain’t no motherfuckin’ ice skater. I’m a thug, I’m a motherfuckin’ thug nigga. Fuckin’ ice skater…L’il girl, you going ice skating?

–The Pond, Bryant Park

Overheard by: C.G.

Guy: Yo, the 1/9 train always smells like ass! I think it’s the fragrance they use.

–1 train

Stewardess: Ladies and gentlemen, the overhea[r]d lights will be turned off during this flight, so if you’d like a reading light, just push the button above you…The other button.

–Delta Song plane, JFK

Overheard by: Lily