Guy #1: I’m not a very social person.
Guy #2: Join the club.
–Office, 29th & 7th
Archive for January, 2022
Wednesday One-Liners Involve a Lot Of Concentration
Film Nazi: The Holocaust did give us some good movies.
–Penn Station
Overheard by: Tom and Katie
Suit on cell : And they were playing loud Nazi music.
–Lincoln Center
Hip dude on cell, very casually: Sieg heil, my friend, sieg heil.
–Queens.
Girl: If it’s about the Holocaust, it’s going to get me hard… Not where I was going with that.
–55th & 3rd
Overheard by: seeareuh
How Do You Think I’ve Been Getting Drinks?
Drunk girl: No, really, how drunk are you?
Sober guy: Very drunk.
Drunk girl: Really?
Sober guy: Oh, shit, you totally just flashed that guy your vagina!
–E train
Wednesdays Pray Their One-Liners Don’t Go Condo
Middle-aged woman to others: Just because she’s got her own apartment, she thinks she has it all together.
–Near NYU
Overheard by: Eric
20-something guy to another, about his apartment: All I want to do in my apartment is die.
–Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Overheard by: Dodd Loomis
Woman on cell, walking briskly: There was blood all over the apartment…
–E 9th St b/w 1st & 2nd Ave
Cashier to male shopper: Dude, your apartment is rent-stabilized and you have food stamps? You are so rich!
–Whole Foods, Houston & Bowery
20-something trendy Jonas Brother-looking dude on cell: No, I sleep on the couch that’s in the kitchen. (short pause) I’ll tell you about my apartment later.
–9th Ave b/w 14th & 15th
Overheard by: Dash
It’s a Tale As Old As Time
Preppy blonde: And I would be in the alley, all secret… And then out of nowhere people in the street would hear “Fuck yeah–crack!” coming from the alley, and then the police would come, and I would totally be saying goodbye to my chances at Yale.
Tiny brunette friend: Yeah, totally.
–82nd & York
It’s the Adjective That Describes the Instrument With Which I’m Going to Kill This Girl Behind Us
Girl, talking loudly on cell: Oh my God! I can’t wait ’til I get home to smoke a blunt. No, seriously, I can’t wait!
Young child in front of her: Mommy, what’s a blunt?
–Arrival flight, LaGuardia Tarmac
Overheard by: No you didn’t!
That Stone was Pure Gall
Guido #1: She was givin’ me lip, so I returned the favor by pissing on her face.
Guido #2: For real dog, that’s what you gotta do.
Guido #1: I had to go anyways, so it was really two birds and a stone.
–Fordham University, Rose Hill
Overheard by: Scotty H
Crack Is Back/ Food Is Whack
Woman, yelling into cell: Why you gotta be eatin’ all my food for? You a damn crackhead, you don’t need no damned food!
Woman sitting next to her, shaking his head: Yeah, food is whack.
–M60 Bus
Overheard by: RickyB
Rumsfeld: At Gunpoint, if Need Be
Professor: Most democracies usually don’t go to war with other democracies.
Student: Then all countries should become democracies, right?
–Political Philosophy class, Baruch College
Overheard by: Beerinder
The Keebler Elves Hooked Me Up
Manager: How did you make those sandwiches so fast?
Sandwich guy: Performance-enhancing drugs.
–Subway, 23rd & Madison
Overheard by: Jonathan
