Comebacks

Monster Energy drink rep: Free energy drinks! (hands drink out)
20-something woman: I'll get my cancer elsewhere, thanks.

–Union Square

Overheard by: Queso

Old lady being pushed into the train: Young man, you are crushing my package.
Young man: Lady, you're crushing my package, too.

–1 Train

Student, reading incorrectly from The Scarlet Letter: “Gorgeous luxuriance of fantasy…”
English teacher: “Fancy.”
Student: “Fancy.” I can't read.
English teacher: I know.

–English Class, Bronx HS of Science

Overheard by: Lillian

Black guy: Wanna see what I'm famous for?
Tourist: No, I don't want to see your penis.

–Central Park Entrance

Girl to friend: Ew, it smells like mold in here!
Random queer: Well, maybe you should close your legs.

–1 Train

Businessman behind group of tourists: These slow-moving tourists are fuckin' killing me.
Tourist: We'd better not catch your fast-moving New York ass in Beaumont, Texas!

–37th St & 7th Ave

Overheard by: DodgersWill

Girl #1: So I texted everyone and told them he was gay, but no one believed me.
Girl #2: Of course he's gay. You used to date him.

–M-15 Bus

Overheard by: peter

Man passing by window of chorus room: You can all suck my dick!
Chorus conductor, out window: Oh, you have one?

–Stuyvesant High School

Child: Do I get a cupcake too?
Mother, to group of small children: You all get a cupcake, no matter how horrible you are!

–Lincoln Square

Overheard by: Bee

Man walking against traffic: Beep! Beep! Beep!
Older black woman: Beep beep, my behind!

–6 Train

Headline by: Trey Jackson

Runners-Up:
· “At Long Last, Someone Correctly Answers David’s Mating Call” – cultural anthropologist
· “Discovered: Where Beyonce Gets Her Lyrics From” – Joel Moore
· “Is That an Insult or an Invitation?” – alan b hutscar
· “Now, If This Had Been on HBO, the Beeps Would Have Been Words…” – beep!
· “Will.i.am, Writing In Notepad: “Genius!”” – James
· “Yeah, Our Line Of Novelty Horns Is Doing Quite Well” – mk

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