A Wednesday for Breakfast, a One‐Liner for Lunch, and a Sensible Dinner

Dancer girl: I dunno, I mean, like, I wish they made a size like, triple zero, so I would have something to look forward to, y’know?

–Central Park

Man: Yeah, that’s how you gain weight: a backed‐up colon. I cleaned mine out this weekend.

–B54 Bus

Overheard by: Alma Molato

Old woman, very loudly, in the middle of the movie: Boy, is she skinny!

–Movie theater, 86^th Street b/w 2^nd & 3^rd

Overheard by: The New York Crank

Girl on cell: If bitch can’t afford to buy her own groceries, she can just get skinny!

–Green Village Used Clothing, Bushwick

Anorexic fashionista: Any self‐respecting anorexic knows that!

–Lincoln Center, 62^nd & 9^th

Man on cell: You went to a party last night? Well, that means you have to do three hours tomorrow. And I want you to drink lots of water, but none of that crystal light crap. That is seven calories that you do not need.

–Blockbuster, Broadway

Posted on November 26, 2014
Advice, All Wednesday One-Liners, Anorexic, Body Parts, Brooklyn, Celebrations/Parties, Central Park, Clothing, Diet/Weight, Fashionistas, Food, Girls, Health and Hygiene, Men, Money & Class, Movie Theaters, Old People, On Cell, On the Bus, Store, Upper East Side, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center, Weirdness, Women

Literally.

Bulimic girl #1: I heard of this cleansing diet with lemonade and cayenne pepper.
Bulimic girl #2: Yeah, it gets rid of all the shit in your body.

–Sushi Restaurant

Posted on October 9, 2010
Anorexic, Diet/Weight, Food, Girls, Health and Hygiene, Restaurants & Cafes

Wow, Your Eyes Are Bigger Than Your Stomach

Trendy female college student: I feel dizzy.
Twinkie male friend: Did you eat anything today?
Trendy female college student: No… but I looked at a picture of an English muffin yesterday and I’m still full.
Twinkie male friend: Hmmm. You’re sure you’re not hungry?
Trendy female college student: Eh… Can you get me a bagel? Not like a real bagel, but a picture of one?

–V Train

Overheard by: eating disorders arent funny

Posted on April 16, 2010
Anorexic, Food, Friends, Offers and requests, On the Subway, Pictures, Psychology, Students

After He Saw on Dr. Phil That Families Should Do Things Together

Young male professional: So your dad’s cool with you not eating?
Young female professional: Yeah, he’s totally fine with it. He’s gonna start next week too.

–Union Square

Posted on July 22, 2008
Anorexic, Coworkers, Default, Diet/Weight, Family Ties, Girls, Guys, Psychology, Questions, Union Square and East Village, Weirdness

“So That’s What I Ate for Wednesday One‐Liner.”

Skinny, attractive 20‐something: Yeah, that’s totally my plan: Get completely smashed every night, eat tons of eggs, then barf them all up.

–E. 84^th b/w 1^st & York

Overheard by: Holds her Liquor (and her eggs)

Woman in bus on cell: George? George, you there? Oh okay, I’m on my way to the shrink’s office so I can only talk for a little while. Oh no, I’m still not feeling better, I was up all night vomiting like crazy and I’m still ridiculously gassy. Good lord, I should go to a doctor because I also have constant diarrhea. Oh George…

–M66 Bus

Overheard by: Stephanie

Drunk guy: It was incredible. He puked and then he just disappeared. I’ve never seen anything like it. He was like the Criss Angel of puking.

–Outside Lombardi’s

Overheard by: Rich

Girl stumbling back from the bathroom: You guys, we have to leave because I threw up all over the floor and someone saw me.

–Horus

NYU undergrad: So we were going to have an intervention for her, but when we went to her room, she wasn’t there. So instead we wrote on her laptop, “I’m a douche, I drink too much and throw up.”

–8^th & University

Posted on June 18, 2008
About Celebrities, All Wednesday One-Liners, Anorexic, Compare/Contrast, Drinking & Drunk People, Drunks, Etiquette, Food, Girls, Guys, Laptop, Little Italy, On Cell, On the Bus, Psychology, Restaurants & Cafes, Skinny People, Students, The Village, Union Square and East Village, Upper East Side, Vomit, Weirdness, Women

They See Themselves As Very‐Low‐Fat Peaches

Flabby hipster #1: She had that anorexic fuzz on her neck.
Flabby hipster #2: Ew!
Flabby hipster #3: No, that’s bulimic fuzz.
Flabby hipster #1: It’s for both.
Flabby hipster #2: That is gross. You would think that having that fuzz would be some incentive to eat.

–F train

Posted on June 21, 2007
Anorexic, Body Parts, Diet/Weight, Hipsters, On the Subway, Skinny People

Quickly — Last One to the Gym Is a Size 4!

Anorexic wannabe #1: Ugh, no, ugh… It smells like salt in here! And fat!
Anorexic wannabe #2: Let’s get out of here.

–Chelsea Market, Bowery Kitchen

Overheard by: Rev

Posted on May 24, 2007
Anorexic, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Idiots, Scents of the City, Stupidity

The Diet Kind

Chick: … And I’ve been so tired.
Dude: Maybe you should eat more.
Chick: Well, I have been drinking water.

–Post office, 52^nd St

Overheard by: what what

Posted on March 12, 2007
Advice, Anorexic, Diet/Weight, Drinks, Food, Girls, Guys, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen

Attention Is Attention

Anorexic teen girl #1: The other week, over Thanksgiving, my parents totally wanted to take me to the hospital. They thought I had a kidney infection or something!
Anorexic teen girl #2: Oh my god. That is so cool.

–Clearview Cinemas

Overheard by: Nettle

Posted on January 15, 2007
Anorexic, Diet/Weight, Health and Hygiene, Movie Theaters

I Mixed It with Sperm

Ana #1: Yeah, I felt so good because all I ate for a month was lemon juice, cayenne pepper, and maple syrup.
Ana #2: Oh, really? But I’m afraid of being on a diet without protein!
Ana #1: Don’t worry, the maple syrup is full of protein!

–Lerner Hall, Columbia University

Posted on January 6, 2007
Advice, Anorexic, Columbia University, Diet/Weight, Food, Gripes, Illness, Questions, Time, Women