Dad: It was a nice car, honda or something, he wants 6,000.
Son: Was it a 2 door or 4 door.
Dad: I dont know, I dont know a lot about cars.
–7th street
Archive for 2021
You’re the One Train for Me
Mentally impaired man: Hey, miss.
Woman: (silence)
Man: Hey miss, will you be my girlfriend?
Woman: (silence)
Man: Will you be my girlfriend?
Woman: (silence)
Man: I love you I love you I love you.
Woman: (silence)
Man: Will you be my girlfriend?
Woman: Leave me alone.
(he fondles her)
Woman: Don’t touch me!
Man: Hey miss, you’re beautiful!
–1 Train
Overheard by: HanV
La Cage Aux Wednesday One-Liners
Queer on cell: And then, at the end of the evening, I was like, ‘Ta ta, motherfucker.’
–PATH train from Hoboken
Queer: There’s no such thing as gay and straight. I think of it more in terms of what people will let me do to them.
–101st & Broadway
Queer: She is so annoying. I’m like, ‘I’ll pay for your coffin, just die already!’
–E train
Overheard by: Miss Meliss
Flaming queer on cell: Hello? Are you listening to me? Are you listening, faggot? Faggot, faggot, faggot, faggot!
–Broadway & Astor Pl
Overheard by: Renee B.
Proud queer: Today was the first time in years I peed like this! [Holds hands up] Didn’t have to wash my hands because I didn’t use ’em!
–Fordham University, Lincoln Center
Overheard by: Hametuka
Queer: Her name is Dakota! It’s just awful. Her parents hate her.
–Fordham Law School
Overheard by: emily
Lions, and Tigers, and Wednesday One-Liners — Oh My!
20-something woman on cell: Did I tell you mom got into a fight with a raccoon again? (pause) Yeah, I know, our mom is totally going to die of rabies.
–Starbucks, West Village
Overheard by: Vaccinated for rabies
Guy to another: Flap your wings baby, just flap your wings!
–Broadway
Woman, shouting at no one in particular: You know I’m unstoppable! I’m like an ox!
–1 Train
Overheard by: Rose Fox
NYU girl: My mother was like, “what would you do with a giant inflatable turkey?” and I was like, “what wouldn’t you do with a giant inflatable turkey?”
–3rd Ave & 14th St
Overheard by: Mickey
