Climber girl, pointing at friend’s shoulder: I can’t do that. Look at those biceps…
Friend: Those aren’t biceps. Those are deltoids. Aren’t you going to nursing school?
–Brooklyn Boulders
Archive for September, 2010
…So, Wanna Fuck?
Boy: Yeah, I’m just really bad at putting big things into little things.
Girl: Oh… Was that supposed to be sexual?
Boy: Nah. If it was sexual I would have ended it with “bowchickabowwow” or something.
–1 Train
Wednesday One-Diners
Fashionista: Y’know, it was just one of those restaurants that served bone marrow, because, like, they should be serving bone marrow.
–Allen & Delancy
Overheard by: wba2101
Jersey mom in purple jumpsuit: Ah, I love this part of New York. In one block you have an Olive Garden and a TGI Friday’s.
–Times Square
Girl: Johnny Rockets my ass! If I wanted to go to the 1960s I’d use a fucking time machine!
–8th St & Greene
Drunk guy, wisely: No, people who eat on trains can’t afford Chipotle!
–Uptown A Train
20-something guy to sobbing 20-something girl: It’s okay, there’s a Burger King right around here.
–4th St & Ave B
Wednesday One-Liners Mostly Just Stand Around
Security guard: Oh, man, thank god for anti-depressants and alcohol! Nothing like Jack Daniels to get you through the day.
–The Met
Building security guard to mailman: Don’t you think tv saved the world? Say you’ve got 10, 12, 14, 16 kids …
–William & Beekman
NYU security guard to long line of kids: A’ight kids, e‑z passes out. Put your IDs in the air and wave them like you just don’t care!
–College of Arts and Science, Washington Square Park
Security man: No photos in Tim Burton! No pictures, no photos! Tell a friend, tell a neighbor, tell someone you don’t like!
–Tim Burton Exhibit, MoMA
Security guard: Have a nice day… Now get the hell out of here.
–JFK Airport
If I Recall Correctly, You Paid That Debt.
Ratty old white man: I don’t owe you nothin’.
Dirty old black woman: You owe me a solid two hundred.
Ratty old white man: A solid dick in the ass, maybe.
–Central Park
Overheard by: DKF
…Because If We Can’t Have Reparations, This Is a Nice Consolation Prize.
Woman selling cupcakes on street: ‘Scuse me, you wanna buy one? Only a dollar.
Man: No, thank you.
Woman: Is it cause we black? And you white?
–Columbus Ave & 100th St
…But Know That the Whole City Of New York Is Looking Down on You.
Tourists: How do we get to the tour of ground zero?
Security guard: See that window across the street? Go up those stairs and over, and you can look down at it if you want.
–Ground Zero
Then Clearly You’ve Never Tried Internet Dating.
Old woman: Are you anti-Hitler and his policies?
Old man: I don’t think I know anyone who isn’t.
–Columbus Circle
If “Who’s on First?” Had Been Written by Stoners
Man #1: Who asked you?
Man #2: The executive.
Man #1: The executive?
Man #2: The executive.
Man #1: The executive of what?
Man #2: Of what?
Man #1: Yes.
Man #2: Of Batman.
–Manhattan
We Unite in a Common Purpose Of Self-Destruction
Guy: So you smoke for social reasons? I don’t get it.
Girl: You know, I do it so that I can go out and talk to others. I only do it when I’m wanting to spend time with people.
Guy: I still don’t get it.
Girl: It’s just what I do when I want to spend some time with my friends.
Guy: Oh, so like how cocaine is for me?
Girl: Yeah! Kind of like that.
–1 Train
