Overheard In New York

Archive for the ‘Brothers’ Category

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

Lucy and Linus Enter the 21st Century

Eight-year-old girl to little brother on bike: Hey, asshole!
Little brother: What? Are you talking to me?
Eight-year-old girl: Yeah, you’re annoying me. You’re pissin’ me off!

–Central Park

Headline by: KateNonymous

Runners-Up:
· “And on That Day, Young Travis Bickle’s Life Took a Turn” — jlp
· “From the Rarely Seen First Episode Of the Donnie and Marie Show.” — Chris L
· “New Yorkers-in-Training” — Oren K
· “Sesame Street Has REALLY Changed” — Bob
· “When Cindy Mistook Her Dad’s Protein Shake for a Milkshake…” — fox

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The Joy Luck Wednesday One-Liners

20-something guy on cell: I’m sure she wants to castrate me. (pause) Remember her Asian friend, well… (pause) Yeah, I hit that. (pause, then uncontrollable laugh) I gots the yellow fever!

–59th St & 11th

Chinese brother to sister: All Asians get off at this stop. (looking out window) See? They’re all Asian. (pause) Oh, wait, there’s one English guy.

–Grand Street Stop, D Train

Overheard by: Justin W

Asian girl on cell: You know how people say all Asians look the same? Well, I realized something today. All white people look the same to me – I honestly can’t tell them apart!

–Port Authority

20-something Asian girl on cell, in perfect American English: So, I just got welcomed to America for the second time today. Are my clothes that… (with disgust) Asian?

–Metro-North

Overheard by: RedShikari

Wednesday One-Minors

Seven-year-old boy to father: Did you know that when you get into middle school, all the girls care about is whether you’re rich and have a cute ass? In elementary school, they only care about if you can run fast. If you run the fastest, you get all the girls.

–Flushing, Queens

Overheard by: Tara

Small boy to teacher in increasingly panicky voice: Is this Narnia? We’re not Narnians yet, right?!

–NYU Kimmel Center

Overheard by: Narnia @ NYU?

Five-year-old to three-year-old brother: Listen, we’re going to have food all winter. It’s hibernation. You know what hibernation is, don’t you? Hibernation is when animals eat a lot of food and sleep all winter. We’re gonna hibernate!

–M104 Bus

Overheard by: Samantha

Little kid: Grandma, smell this! It’s Obsession for Men!

–Bergdorf Goodman

Sobbing five-year-old girl to mom in CD section: I wanna download, I don’t wanna waste my money.

–Borders, Columbus Circle

Overheard by: Can records labels sue toddlers?