Drunk girl sitting on steps: The Hudson is better then the East River right?
Guy: What?
Drunk girl: Yeah, it definitely is… There’s less dead bodies in it.
–Hudson River Boat Basin
Archive for the ‘Hudson River’ Category
Wednesday One-Liners Say a Mouthful
Loud woman on cell: I suck your dick and we can’t be Facebook friends?
–20th St & 6th Ave
Guy to buddies in the passing Skyfari car: Yo, that building over there… That’s the building where I got that $5 blowjob.
–Skyfari, Bronx Zoo
Overheard by: Stefan Yonker
Young man, dismissively: I could fucking suck cocks for a living, it doesn’t matter!
–St. Mark’s Place & 2nd Ave
Middle schooler, wrestling in Aids memorial: Ooops, I sucked your dick!
–Hudson River Park
Overheard by: Nina & Phil
Middle-school girl to mother: My e‑mail password is “blowjob”.
–L Train
Read My Lips, Wednesday One-Liners
Girl on cell: No I’m not bringing anything, this is not a date, it’s 10 o’clock on a Friday night. I’m bringing my vagina, that’s what I’m bringing.
–Court St & 2nd Place
Girl on cell: I mean, there’s nothing obviously wrong with my vagina!
–23rd & 7th
Girl on bike: I feel like I’ve had a pencil up my vagina for 10 hours!
–Hudson River Bike Path
Distraught NYU student: I’m covered in vaginal cream.
–NYU Dorm, Union Square
Overheard by: Erica Fuld
Hurried young guy on cell: Well, you can’t just sniff anyone’s vagina!
–W 52nd b/w 9th & 10th Ave
Gay on phone: But what does her vag look like?
–Chelsea
Overheard by: Liz
Wanna Buy a Bridge, Wednesday One-Liners?
10-year-old tourist kid: Mom, is Brooklyn famous for its graffiti?
–Coney Island-bound D train
Overheard by: BB
White guy, pointing: Over there in Brooklyn three-year-olds just, like, walk around!
–Delancey & Essex
Overheard by: Red Hair
Guy walking through bar: What’s with Brooklyn and beards?
–Union Hall, Park Slope
Overheard by: jasonjason
Guy: Brooklyn is the middle borough in terms of goodness.
–Kosher Delight
Thugette to double decker tour bus: Brooklyn! Brooklyn! You’re taking a tour of Brooklyn! I just got out of jail!
–Brooklyn
Overheard by: Staying on the bus.…
Shall We Consult Our Biology Textbooks?
Guy, looking at historic buildings: This is the kind of thing they should have taught us in school.
Girl: Yeah, there’s a lot of things that schools didn’t teach us.
Guy: I think a bug just flew into my nose.
Girl: What?
Guy: It’s squirming around in there. It’s really uncomfortable. I don’t know what to do about it.
–Governor’s Island
Overheard by: Kevin
Kids Say the Darndest Wednesday One-Liners
Seven-year-old white boy in huge afro wig, screaming: Peace out, smokers! Peace out, jazz singers! Now, who wants my autograph?
–Playground, Houston St, Soho
Little boy with broken arm: I just won eight gold medals!
–Pier 46, Hudson River Park
Overheard by: skeptical james
Three-year-old boy: The night… why does it hurt?
–Flushing Playground
Six-year-old girl waiting for parents to pay the check, chanting: Hun-ger! Hun-ger! Hun-ger!
–Chinese Restaurant, Park Slope
Overheard by: Kendra
Little boy walking towards LIRR at rush-hour: How are we going to get through all of this?
–Penn Station
Overheard by: i feel the same way
Four-year-old boy: I gotta feelin… that tonight’s gonna be a good night… that tonight’s gonna be a good night… that tonight’s gonna be a good good night!
–Hard Rock Cafe, Times Square
Overheard by: wooohoooo
Little girl, in Cro-Magnon section of museum: Mommy, you must have known these people. They look like you!
–American Museum of Natural History
Hooked on Wednesday One-Liners Worked for Me!
Tween girl: No, it’s “Yiddish”! “Yiddish,” not “ribbit.”
–Penn Station
Overheard by: ragnvaeig
20-something girl to older friend: No, no… “ghetto” is just slang–it’s not a real word.
–PATH Train
Guy on cell: Yo. (pause) Yo, yo. (pause) Yo, yo. (pause) Yo, yo, yo.
–Pacific St & Atlantic Ave
Overheard by: jayloo
Guy to another, who has obviously caused him some emotional strife: I just don’t understand why you had to did me so dirty.
–Hudson River Park
Teenage boy: But I ain’t know where was them talkin’ about it! (teenage friend nods sympathetically)
–Downtown 6 Train
Girl to guy: It must be your manstinct. (pause) Not ya manstink!
–Central Park
Wednesday One-Liners Only a Mother Could Love
Woman to another: I mean, about the thing… he is ugly but at least he get it up!
–Abingdon Square Park
Man to friend: Ugly people aren’t people!
–10th St & 5th Ave
Suit: Yeah, I couldn’t deal with the paparazzi. I once saw a picture of Katie Holmes with a pimple, and now I think she’s the ugliest person I ever saw.
–Governors Island
Overheard by: Natalie
Girl to guy friend: I cannot believe you volunteered me like that! I’m going to start volunteering you to people… unattractive people. Like Leroy*.
–Union Square
Overheard by: Michael O’Connor
Bus driver on packed bus: Okay, everybody, we need to reorganize the bus. Can all the good-looking people move to the back of the bus, and all the ugly-looking people move to the front? Thank you.
–M86 Bus
Overheard by: Michael
Tour De Wednesday One-Liners
Fat tourist: Exactly, like, I know Disney trivia, but of course I don’t know general trivia.
–Ellis Island
Overheard by: Cat
Female tourist with Irish accent, reading leaflet: Jaysas lads, it only took them 14 months to build this, I wonder if it’s okay like.
–Empire State Building
Overheard by: joanie
Tourist gazing up at the Empire State Building: They sure could fit a lotta hay in there!
–Outside Empire State Building
Overheard by: Duppy
Tourist: Where do they keep the cemeteries around here?
–Next to St. Paul’s Cemetery/Church
Female tourist: Oh my god, I can’t believe we’re on the 6… Just like J.Lo.
–Downtown 6 Train
Overheard by: Courtney C.
Overzealous British tourist father, pointing at map: Okay, everyone. We’re passing by Madison Square Gardens. They must be lovely at this time of year. We’re on the Metropolitan Line, see? The Met Line. Just like in London. We’re going to get off at Rector Street. It’s the last stop before Brooklyn, so if we miss our stop, we’ll be in Brooklyn, and we don’t want that! Look, now there are no more numbers. When there are no more numbers in the station names, that means we’re at the bottom of the underground. Oh, look, it’s Chinatown. This is where all the orientals get off.
–R Line
Overheard by: office peon is one of those Orientals…
Female tourist: Know what? Fuck it, I just want to go back to my hotel room and take a shit.
–Canal St
Is Daddy Just Visiting?
Mom to little girl playing Monopoly: You’re not in jail, you’re just visiting.
Little girl: Why would I want to visit jail?
Mom: I don’t know, that’s just the way the board is.
–Hudson River Park
