[Skinny girl takes box of equal out of her pocket and puts half the packages in her coffee.]Friend: What are you doing? You’re going to get cancer!
Equal girl: Yeah, but I won’t get fat.
–Starbucks
Archive for the ‘Cancer’ Category
Democracy Clears Doesn’t Work; Back to Monarchy?
Wheeltard: Round here I’m just an idiot, but not in Brooklyn. I’m king in my neighborhood. When I cross that bridge and they see me comin’, they know I’m king.
–Tompkins Square Park
Overheard by: Alex Romanovich
Girl: I don’t know who she thinks she is, but just because she’s got cancer doesn’t make her Queen Bitch.
–Bleecker & Broadway
Overheard by: Tony
Guess That Also Explains Why You’re So Fashionably Thin!
Woman with crew cut to salesman: Excuse me, my husband’s glow necklace is leaking – may I exchange it?
(glow necklace salesman hands her a new one)
Salesman: And that’s a lovely haircut you have!
Woman, not amused: I’m going through cancer.
–Prospect Park
Have You Seen Wednesday? It’s Totally Had Its One-Liners Done.
Woman on cell: I can’t believe no one said anything… How could no one notice? It used to be sooooo crooked, and I spend all this money to get my nose fixed, and no one says anything?
–Norfolk & Houston
50-year-old lady: So are you still down for the Brazilian wax?
–45th & Broadway
Overheard by: Chuch
Little girl, pointing at someone having their eyebrows threaded: Look! They’re sewing that woman’s face!
–14th St & 2nd Ave
Overheard by: kenzi
Orange lady: Is it like you definitely, for sure get cancer from a tanning bed? Cause then I might stop.
–Park Slope
Overheard by: Alexis
That’s Why She’s Dead
Preppy gay guy: I thought she already had cancer?
Preppy fag hag, dawning realization: You’re right! She did… definitely.
–Bleecker & Grove
Overheard by: jams
We Prefer the Blue Wall of Silence
Drunk guy #1: I’m a cop, you idiot!
Drunk guy #2: You’re a cop, you fucking bastard?
Drunk guy #1: I’m a cop, you idiot!
Drunk guy #2: You’re a fucking cop?!
Drunk guy #1: I’m a cop, you idiot!
Drunk guy #3: I’m a cop you idiot! It’s not a tumor!
–3rd Ave & 92nd St, Brooklyn
Overheard by: Mallory
That Way I Can Snack on It When I Get Bored
Girl #1: What does a brain tumor feel like? Cause I think I have one.
Girl #2: I don’t know, but that’s horrible.
Girl #1: Yeah, it would suck a lot. It just feels like there’s a lump, in my brain. I’m really out of shape, though, so I’m hoping the lump is just another pile of fat building up in my bod.
–Columbia University
Overheard by: pomy
There’s No Pill for What Wednesday One-Liners Have
Nervous hipster: You know, it’s really true what they say about friends with eczema…
–50th & 8th
Overheard by: chris
Guy on cell: So she got cancer, big fuckin deal!
–1st Ave & St. Mark’s
Man on cell: Next time they call, just politely say there’s no one here with diabetes.
–Central Park
Overheard by: Lola Black
Woman exiting car: There’s this bump between my ass and cooch. I think I should get that checked.
–W 4th St
20-something guy to 40-something woman: Look, I’m not saying I’m not concerned about my hand being sticky, but I’m more concerned about malaria.
–Café
It’s Wonderful How Women Listen to Each Other
PR woman #1: So, my cousin’s test on her biopsy showed that it was cancerous…
PR woman #2: Girl, that nuttin’. My best friend’s sister’s husband — he’s a doctor — was drivin’ to the city from New Jersey yesterday, got outta his car and got run over by a truck.
–Union Square station
Overheard by: drfunk
Television is Always the Best Answer
Guy: What do you give a baby who is blind and deaf?
Girl: Television?
Guy: Cancer…Television’s a better answer.
–Washington Square South
Overheard by: Elizabeth Benefiel
