Overheard In New York

Archive for the ‘Skaters’ Category

Wednesday One-Liners. (And by That We Mean Exactly What You Think We Mean.)

Hipster to friend having problems with ATM card: Maybe it’s for normal people and you’re just abnormally large.

–Village ATM

Overheard by: rafa

Overenthusiastic father of new skater: Oh, you know, it’s her first time, so I wanted to make sure that I was there to help her through it so that it’d be extra-special for her.

–Wollman Rink, Central Park

Overweight woman: Where’s Wang? Guys, where’s Wang?

–Hard Rock Cafe

Tourist mom: It’s not big enough to impress me.

–Grand Central

Overheard by: Not The Empire State, Surely

Loud woman: It was a three-legged pussy!

–Union Square Subway Station

Overheard by: Rachel K

Modern literature professor, after ending class early: Well, that’s it, I’ve blown my load.

–Columbia University

You Can’t Handle the Wednesday One-Liner!

Girls on bench: Is US weekly magazine, like, the only one that’s true?

–Central Park

Man on cell, crossing street: And I told that Jewish cunt that everything she’s heard about black men is true, and I’m gonna stick my foot in her fucking mouth.

–46th St & Madison Ave

Bum conversing with Bible-toting teens: Yes, it’s in the Bible… But is it true?

–Union Square

Skater boy: Most things aren’t true.

–72nd St & Amsterdam

…In the True Spirit Of Easter.

Teen skater #1: Dude, I wanted to chill on Easter but my mom said I had to go to church.
Teen skater #2: You should’ve said “mom, fuck church!“
Teen skater #1: Dude, if I had said “fuck,” I wouldn’t be alive. I would’ve been under the couch. My mama would’ve stuffed me in a bag… Put some incense on that shit so it wouldn’t smell.

–6 Train

Overheard by: trying not to laugh