Rich girl #1: I feel like I haven’t done anything today. I just woke up and got high.
Rich girl #2: No, you donated a tampon. That’s like, totally a tax write-off!
–LaGuardia Airport
Overheard by: Dianne
Archive for August, 2021
His Leash Is Plaid.
Really loud guy: That guy is so her bitch!
Friend: How do you know?
Really loud guy: He’s wearing plaid.
–Central Park
She Stopped Eating the Granulated Kind Straight from the Bag
Zaftig female usher: I’m trying so hard to lose weight, but I’m having the hardest time!
Obese female usher: You have to cut out sugar. That’s what I do.
–Avenue Q, Golden Theatre
…Since Everyone Poops! Became the National Book.
Sulky little girl: Do we have to talk about this? This is gross!
Mother: Do you think the Obamas talk about this?
Sulky little girl: No.
Mother: You bet they do!
–12th St
Overheard by: wishes she heard what they were talking about
Wednesday One-Liners Publish or Perish
Indian professor: No, you guys finish your work. Me and Nicole are going to talk about the X‑Men.
–Classroom, NYU
Overheard by: Bruce Lee
Religious studies professor: Everyone, quiet down! I’m trying to discuss important matters here. So, professor Trelawney…
–Hunter College
Overheard by: Sarah R
Professor: I’m going to staple you to the wall, I’m not even going to tape you!
–Columbia
Stately, learned history professor: There’s this new part of the right wing called the tea baggers. (class laughs) Oh, I meant the tea party. I guess that shows where my modern interests are at.
–Bard High School Early College
Overheard by: Not at tea party member
…Sneezing
Teenage boy: I hope you sneeze.
Teenage girl: I hope you die.
–Downtown A Train
Wednesday One-Liners Tend to Ramble On
Old man at the bar: Everyday that I wake up and see that my name isn’t in the obituaries is a good day.
–Cafe des Artistes Bar
Older woman, to friend: Then we’re going to have to do the suntan lotion thing, and that’s going to be a nightmare.
–Grand Central Station
Overheard by: EthanK
Pre-teen boy, to friend: Yo, man, there’s a lot of old people on this train. I bet they’re all wishing they were our age again. Suckers!
–N Train
Overheard by: Hannah
Old lady, to man playing steel drums as she dances along to the music: Shalom! That was awesome, my man!
–1 Train
Overheard by: Courtney Messer
Elderly woman to elderly friends: So then Andy comes down in his bikini, and of course all the old women go crazy…
–56th & 1st Ave
Old lady looking into fancy cafe: Another shithole!
–74th near Broadway
Overheard by: Harriet Vane
Old lady: Geraldine, do you want to come up later and play… With my wireless router!
–Clark & Herny
Overheard by: Lacy
Wait, Are You Describing the Movie or the Party?
Dude: I saw that movie at that sex party — the one where Jim got a blowjob by a chick that was not his girlfriend.
Chick: Oh my god, that sounds awesome — I love it already!
Dude: I know, it’s awesome!
–LaGuardia & W 3rd
Some Couples Should Fly Separately
Wife, in worried tone: What’s wrong? What are you doing?
Husband, rooting through bag: Relax, I’m looking for change, I want a bag of chips.
Wife: Oh, I want chips, I’ll go with you and pick them out. I want to stare at the wall of snacks.
Husband: There is no wall of snacks, only a vending machine. I’ll get you chips.
Wife: Okay, and maybe a brownie.
Husband: I don’t have enough, I’m getting a drink, chips are salty.
Wife: You can eat chips, then the brownie, no more thirst!
Husband: What do you want to drink?
Wife: Actually, I want ice cream.
Husband: There is no ice cream, only overpriced gelatto.
–JFK Terminal
Overheard by: rick
Wednesday-One-Liner and Disorderly
Student: I feel like I’m drunk. Like when I was six.
–Middle School Dance, Spanish Harlem
Six-year-old girl: I drank beer once and I went crazy!
–Central Park
Dad, about his young son who has just run face-first into a chair: Don’t worry about him, he’s just drunk.
–Indian Road Cafe, Inwood
Overheard by: Rose Fox
Five-year-old boy: Next stop, wine store!
–University & 9th St
