Read My Lips, Wednesday One-Liners

Girl on cell: No I'm not bringing anything, this is not a date, it's 10 o'clock on a Friday night. I'm bringing my vagina, that's what I'm bringing.

–Court St & 2nd Place

Girl on cell: I mean, there's nothing obviously wrong with my vagina!

–23rd & 7th

Girl on bike: I feel like I've had a pencil up my vagina for 10 hours!

–Hudson River Bike Path

Distraught NYU student: I'm covered in vaginal cream.

–NYU Dorm, Union Square

Overheard by: Erica Fuld

Hurried young guy on cell: Well, you can't just sniff anyone's vagina!

–W 52nd b/w 9th & 10th Ave

Gay on phone: But what does her vag look like?

–Chelsea

Overheard by: Liz

Posted on September 25, 2022
All Wednesday One-Liners, Brooklyn, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Dating, Girls, Guys, Hook Ups, Hudson River, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, NYU, On Cell, One-liners, Physical appearance, Queer guys, Questions, Sensory Experiences, Street, Students, Union Square and East Village, Vagina, Wednesday One-Liners, Weirdness

But Do They Message You the Morning After?

Engineer #1: I would poke her, man. I would poke the life out of her.
Engineer #2: I have poked her. I have poked the life out of her.
Girl, walking by: Look, you two need to get laid. Facebook means nothing to us girls; we get a billion pokes a day.

–Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute

Posted on September 23, 2022
Brooklyn, College, Girls, Innuendo, Internet, People, Places, Pop Culture, School, Sex, Sex & Relationships, Students, Topics, Venues

Translation: Beating Off to Maureen Dowd

Guy #1: What are you gonna do today?
Guy #2: Hang out, catch up on the Monday Times.
Guy #1: You mean the Sunday Times?
Guy #2: No. The Monday Times.
Guy #1: Oh. Okay, man.

–Brooklyn Heights

Overheard by: pb dot c

Posted on August 31, 2022
Books & Writing, Brooklyn, Guys, Masturbation

My New Wife, Wednesday One-liners

Guy: Man, you think Lee Harvey Oswald had good aim? You should meet my wife.

–B train

Overheard by: Jess Issacharoff

Woman: Her bridal shower was her sweet sixteen.

–F train

Queer on cell: Hi, Sweetie!…What? You got married? But honey, you’re gay!

–63rd & 3rd

Chick on cell: So did I tell you about the e-mail I got? This guy I met on-line, on Nerve–we went out on like three dates, like a year and a half ago. Yeah, so I got an e-mail from his wife and she was like, “Yo bitch, stay away from my husband.” So I wrote back, “Don’t e-mail me, e-mail your husband who’s been cheating on you for two fucking years.”

–33rd & Park

Teen girl: Yeah, he’s really lonely since his wife died 3 years ago. Now his best friend is his right hand and some skin lotion.

–Park Slope

Guy: Hey, how’s my wife and your kids?

–55th & Madison

Overheard by: Matt

Man on cell: I ain’t trying to see you nothin’. I want to marry you. I’m tellin you the truth. T-R-U-F-F. The Truth!

–Atlantic Avenue gas station

Overheard by: Megan

Gate agent: You need to listen to me. Don’t listen to your wife. Your wife doesn’t work here.

–Newark airport

Overheard by: jk

Posted on August 20, 2022
Age/Aging, Airports, All Wednesday One-Liners, At the Airport, Brooklyn, Dating, Death, Gays and Lesbians, Infidelity, Internet, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Marriage, Masturbation, Men, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Murray Hill and Gramercy, On Cell, On the Subway, Park Slope, People, Places, Pop Culture, Queers, Sex, Sex & Relationships, Shoot, Venues, Violence, Women

Think of It As a Mobile Garnish

Lady #1: Oh, shit! Is that a cockroach?
Manager, yelling to co-worker: Go kill that, quick!
Lady #2: Oh my gawd, that is the biggest cockroach I ever seen.
Lady #1: We better be gettin’ some free chicken ’cause of dat shit.

–Popeye’s, Myrtle Ave & Broadway, Brooklyn

Posted on August 17, 2022
Brooklyn, Customers, Insects, Junk Food & Fast Food

I've Never Been More Proud.

Angry 20-something girl: Dad, you realize that when you refuse to give me the keys to my car that he's been illegally driving, you are effective enabling him to steal from me!
Confused-looking dad: Well, I understand how you feel, honey, really I do, but…
Angry 20-something girl (cutting him off): Don't fucking placate me, you sonofabitch!
Confused-looking dad (looking helplessly toward his wife): Cheryl…your daughter is yelling at me using profanity and words I don't know.

–Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

Overheard by: Krystal

Posted on July 28, 2022
Brooklyn, Cars and Driving, Dads, Families, Family Ties, Girls, Insults, Moms, Thievery

Is It Ever Wise to Talk About Bombs in a Stadium Parking Lot?

Yankees fan to stranger: Yo, you want a Jägerbomb?
Stranger: Obviously!

–Citi Field Parking Lot

Overheard by: Adam

Posted on July 24, 2022
Brooklyn, Drinking & Drunk People, Offers and requests, Strangers

At Least They Agree About a Silly Outfit

Proud Asian father to friend: And my little one here, he's going to be a football player when he grows up!
Little Asian boy: No way, Jose! I'm gonna be a Power Ranger!

–East Flatbush, Brooklyn

Overheard by: Frado

Posted on July 20, 2022
Asians, Boys, Brooklyn, Comebacks, Dads, Family Ties, Football, Friends, Jobs & Careers, Kids, Parents, TV

Those Celebrity Perfumes Should Come with a Warning

Girl #1: So have you heard about all these alligators in Florida that have been eating women?
Girl #2: No
Girl #1: Yeah, like three women got eaten last week
Girl #2: That’s hilarious.
Girl #1: I know.

–F train between Jay & Bergen

Posted on July 8, 2022
Animals & Nature, Biotechs, Brooklyn, On the Subway

These Kids And Their Crazy Slang

Little punk rock guy to tall hipster guy, sarcastically: Nice beard.
Tall hipster guy: Yeah, you want me to smash your face!
Little punk rock guy: Shit nigga, now I wish I had a beard to absorb that shit.

–Union Pool Bar, Williamsburg

Overheard by: lil pirate

Posted on June 30, 2022
Body Parts, Brooklyn, Fashion, Hipsters, Violence, Williamsburg