Wednesday First-Trimester Liners

Mom to friend, as baby makes screeching sounds and bounces around in stroller: I swear I didn't do drugs while I was pregnant with her. But I did have quite a few raspberry martinis before I knew I was knocked up.

–Belmont Park Race Track

20-something woman on phone: I need to slap that bitch. I don't care she pregnant, her face ain't pregnant.

–Staten Island Ferry

Overheard by: Mike

Ghetto baby momma: And it was like I was giving birth on the toilet!

–Belmont Ave & 188th St

Overheard by: Toomuchinformation

Doctor to patient: You're not pregnant, you just have gas.

–W 204th St

Overheard by: JMS

Little girl on cell: Oh my god, I know! And I'm, like, "that's why you're fucking pregnant"!

–Central Park

Posted on February 17, 2010
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Someone's Been Reading Too Many Dan Brown Books

Girl #1: Look at all the hipsters. They're all going south. Must be some kind of hipster convention.
Girl #2: How do you know that way is south?
Girl #1: The road. It makes an s-shape. It must mean south. Right?

–Central Park

Posted on February 16, 2010
Central Park, Directions, Girls, Parks, Questions, Stupidity

Besides, Prices Are Always Inflated in the Park.

Hobo #1: I offered that squirrel five cents for sex.
Hobo #2: What's a squirrel going to do with a nickel?

–Central Park

Overheard by: Fogel

Posted on February 1, 2010
Animals & Nature, Central Park, Hobos, Money & Class, Offers and requests, Parks, Prostitution, Questions

Maybe She'd Tell Me I'm Pretty and That She Loves Me

Girl: I don't date much.
Guy: Why not?
Girl: Umm… No reason.
Guy: Are you a lesbian?
Girl: No!
Guy, pointing to a girl walking by: Would you date her?
Girl, thinking it over: I actually might.

–Central Park

Overheard by: Andrew

Posted on January 15, 2010
Central Park, Dating, Gays and Lesbians, Girls, Guys, Lies, Parks, Sexuality

Wednesday One-Liners Will Totally Steal Your Picnic Basket

20-something girl in chucks to another: No, I will not get rubber boots. What do I look like, fucking Paddington Bear?

–CVS

Boy: I bet if I had three of me I could take on a grizzly bear.

–Columbia

Overheard by: Megan

Small, well-dressed girl: I want to eat the heart of a bear!

–Bohemian Hall, Astoria

Overheard by: Joseph

Guy on cell: You don't even know what the Care Bears are about!

–Central Park

Overheard by: Fresca P.

Posted on December 16, 2009
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Magic Birds That Live by the Sea

Girl to friend: What's the difference between penguins and puffins?
Friend: Well, for one thing, puffins are birds.

–Central Park Zoo, Penguin/Puffins Exhibit

Posted on December 5, 2009
Birds, Central Park, Compare/Contrast, Friends, Girls, Parks, Questions

Stop Fighting This Instant or We Will Turn These Wednesday One-Liners Around and Go Home!

British tourist to misbehaving child: Do you want a smacked bottom now or the other thing when we get home?

–Central Park

Overheard by: birdw0rks

Mom to kid playing on shopping cart: You'd better stop that, or you're going to fall and crack your head, and I'm going to laugh, cuz I told you so.

–Grocery Store

Father to four-year-old son: Watch out, these people are trying to kill us.

–36th St & 5th Ave

Overheard by: benny

Guy to son who is hesitant about seat in theater: If I had been this choosy with your mom, you wouldn't be here!

–Park Slope, Brooklyn

Mother to daughter: I don't want to hear about your hunger pangs right now. Now turn around and look at the sea lions.

–Central Park Zoo

Overheard by: kathcom

Posted on December 2, 2009
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Honey, There Is No “They,” There's Just Us, and We're Fucked Up

20-something girl #1, about energy drinks: Everyone drinks them. I figure if they were so bad they'd make them illegal.
20-something girl #2, sarcastically: Yeah… like cigarettes and alcohol are illegal.
20-something girl #1: Heroin is illegal. That's definitely bad.

–Central Park

Posted on November 23, 2009
Central Park, Compare/Contrast, Crime and Punishment, Drinking & Drunk People, Drinks, Girls, Heroin, Parks, Smoking

You Guys Still Haven't Talked About That Night?

20-something chick: Oh my god! So he's gay now?
Dude, muttering: I dunno…
20-something chick: I'm sorry, what?
Dude: Where's a damn Twix bar when you need one?

–Central Park

Overheard by: Rosie

Posted on November 22, 2009
Central Park, Food, Gays and Lesbians, Gender issues, Girls, Guys, Parks, Questions, Sexuality

Wednesday One-Liners Paint with All the Colors Of the Wind

Young guy: If I see another blue penis it would be too soon!

–42nd St

Overheard by: alecko

Girl on cell: She just bought a merkin… It was pink, you know, to match her hair. (pause) Would you want to rub toxic dye down there?

–Williamsburg

Girl to another: Just because he is wearing a different colored shirt, he's still the same guy.

–Central Park

Flamboyant guy, shouting to girl in very short orange dress: I have that same orange dress in purple!

–South Street Seaport

Overheard by: Green Star

Mother to four-year-old wearing pink shirt and shoes: Not *everything* has to be pink, honey.

–Rite Aid, Carroll Gardens

Overheard by: Sunny

Posted on November 18, 2009
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