Wednesday Undie-Liners

Guy: Oh, man! It is not a good day to be my underwear!

–Wine Store, 75th & Amsterdam

Overheard by: Raven

10-year-old to little brother: Hey! C'mere! You wanna play Captain Underpants?

–Brooklyn

Overheard by: dogboy

Guy on cell: I'm not paying her to smell your underwear!

–57th St & Broadway

Overheard by: Lagsalot

Loud older gentleman watching people at subway entrance: They don't wear brassieres anymore!

–23rd St & 6th Ave

Overheard by: Zombie Boyfriend

Older lady in funeral procession behind bag piper wearing kilt: I looked. He's wearing underpants.

–120th & Broadway

Posted on November 9, 2020
All Wednesday One-Liners, Brooklyn, Brothers, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Clothing, Guys, Harlem & Morningside Heights, Jobs & Careers, Kids, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Musicians, Offers and requests, Old People, On Cell, One-liners, Sensory Experiences, Store, Stupidity, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center, Wednesday One-Liners, Weirdness

When I'm Really in the Mood for a Closed One Today

Man: I'm not going to have this conversation with you!
Woman: Why not?
Man: Because that's just setting myself up for an open-ended ass kicking.

–Prospect Park

Overheard by: Blueshmoo

Posted on October 31, 2020
Brooklyn, Fighting and ass kicking, Men, Relationships, Weirdness, Women

Santa Finally Goes Legit

Asian kid: Why did you decide to start driving now?
Middle-aged thug: I drive trucks. Now it’s just time to tell the government.

–DMV, Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn

Posted on October 28, 2020
Asians, Brooklyn, Government, Teens, Thugs, Travel

Come on In– The Wednesday One-Liner Is Fine!

20-something chick: Sea captains doing table-service is never okay.

–A Train

Overheard by: Ladle

Lady on Bluetooth: Well, if you prove to everyone that your vagina is as wide as an ocean, then go ahead!

–Brooklyn

Teenage girl to friend: So, I heard back from the lifeguard application. (pauses, then utterly bewildered) I need to know how to swim!

–Uptown 1 Train

Overheard by: totheworld

Loud woman on escalator: No, you don't get it. When you're under water, you're not wet.

–Queens Center Mall

Overheard by: Burning Vegan

Middle-aged man watching seven-year old swimming deftly in shallow end: Oh, yeah? Well, I can drive. Can you? My feet can touch the bottom. Can yours?

–CUNY Swim Class

Overheard by: obyun

Posted on October 20, 2020
All Wednesday One-Liners, Body Parts, Brooklyn, Cars and Driving, College, Compare/Contrast, Education, Friends, Girls, Height, Jobs & Careers, Kids, Malls, Men, On the Subway, One-liners, Queens, Questions, Sports, Stupidity, Teens, Vagina, Wednesday One-Liners, Women

Yo Momma So Dumb, She Fail a Pregnancy Test

Girl #1: So I’m like 3 months late and I have no idea what to do about it.
Girl #2: Well, you have to take a pregnancy test!
Girl #1: No, those things are so hard!
Girl #2: How fucking hard can it be to pee on a stick?
Girl #1: Pretty fucking hard!

–Manhattan Beach

Posted on October 17, 2020
Bimbettes, Brooklyn, Pee, Pregnancy & Birth Control, Stupidity

Wait, Are You Saying I Should Dye My Hair?

Brunette #1: They wouldn't stop making dumb blonde jokes about me!
Brunette #2: But you're not even blonde!
Brunette #1: And I'm not dumb, either!
Brunette #2: Yes, you are.

–Carroll Gardens

Overheard by: Sunny

Posted on October 13, 2020
Bimbettes, Brooklyn, Comebacks, Insults

Completely Insulting Wednesday One-liners

Girl yelling across the street: Yo, she got more hair on her pussy than your bitch got on her head!

–St. John’s, Crown Heights

Woman on cell. One hundred dollars? You must have me confused with 1-800-Crack Whore.

–W 57th

Posted on October 11, 2020
Body Parts, Brooklyn, Etiquette, Fashion, Jobs & Careers, Manhattan, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, On Cell, One-liners, Prostitution, Sex, Sex & Relationships

…Ferragamo?

Four-year-old girl: Look at my new purse.
Six-year-old boy: Yeah, so?
Four-year-old girl: It's Prada.
Six-year-old boy: I don't think that's a Prada purse.
Four-year-old girl: But it's pink…
Six-year-old boy: Yeah, but I don't think that makes it Prada.
Four-year-old girl (very sadly): Oh.

–Henry St & Pierrepont St, Brooklyn Heights

Posted on October 10, 2020
Brooklyn, Colors, Fashion, Kids, Stupidity

Wednesday One-Liners: “Is This Thing On?”

PA system: Leia, please meet your party at the front. Leia, not the princess, please meet your party at the front.

–Bed, Bath & Beyond, 18th & 6th

Overheard by: Rebecca

Announcer over loudspeaker: The time is now one am o'clock!

–Baggage Claim, JFK

Overheard by: Kimmie

Loudspeaker announcement: Attention, all late night shoppers, this is a live announcement. I repeat, this is not a recording! Right now, in our deli department, fully-cooked chickens! Come on over and get your chickens! They're hot! They're fresh! And they were alive this morning!

–Pathmark, Cropsey Ave, Brooklyn

Overheard by: Stacy

Announcement over loudspeaker during class: Hello, I'm sorry for the interruption. Mr Poland Spring, you have to go outside, they're about to tow your truck.

–Stuyvesant High School

Loudspeaker: Good afternoon, East Side. Fag football…oops, I mean "flag football" will meet in the cafeteria immediately following advisory.

–East Side Community High School

Posted on October 6, 2020
9 to 5-ers, Airports, All Wednesday One-Liners, Birds, Brooklyn, Cars and Driving, Celebrations/Parties, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Classroom, Fast Times at New York High, Food, Football, Gays and Lesbians, JFK Airport, Movies, Names, One-liners, Shopping, Store, Stuyvesant, Time, Wednesday One-Liners, Weirdness, Words

…Away from Witnesses

Mom on stoop: Don't you skate too far from the house!
Four-year-old boy on skateboard: Moooooooom! Go insiiiiide the hoooooouse! I don't need you!
Mom neighbor: Did he just tell me to go inside the house? Boy, you just wait till *you* come inside the house!

–Monroe & Franklin, Bed-Stuy

Overheard by: Tigertail

Posted on September 30, 2020
Brooklyn, Friends, Kids, Moms, Parents, Should've Used a Condom, Threats