Wednesday One-Liners Pull a Winona

Teenage hipster to friend: Oh look, it's the Hannah Montana lip gloss I stole from a little kid!

–Uptown F Train

Overheard by: Joy

Big thug: Hey man, I'm not gonna even lie: selling candy on the train keeps me from robbing and stealing from most of ya on the train today… Hook a nigga up!

–2 Train

Overheard by: Cashiem Evans (da mad blogger)

Schoolgirl dressing down another: You took the whole backpack? Why didn't you just take what you needed to steal and leave the bag there?

–DeKalb & Clermont, Clinton Hill

Overheard by: Morning Glory

Lady on cell: So you know what happened? He stole my deodorant, and you know what was under it? My hundred dollars!

–Metro-North, 125th St Station

Overheard by: That must be some expensive deodorant

Woman yelling into cell: Don't rob them, they're Danish!

–Times Square

Overheard by: Tina

Posted on July 30, 2008
Advice, All Wednesday One-Liners, Brooklyn, Compare/Contrast, Friends, Girls, Harlem & Morningside Heights, Hipsters, Jobs & Careers, Money & Class, Offers and requests, On Cell, On the Subway, Teens, Thievery, Thugs, Times Square, Trains Not Subway, Weirdness, Women

The Guerrilla Marketing of Wednesday One-Liners

Man handing out free demos: You want a CD? It's free! It's really good! It's me! (passersby ignore him) Fine, but when I die you cannot wear a t-shirt with my face on it!

–Broadway

Overheard by: porkchop sandwiches

Guy promoting comedy club: It costs less than a movie and we'll get you drunk!

–7th & 40th

Overheard by: Erin

Guy at stall: We're slashing prices today! Today's the anniversary of Lorena Bobbit!

–Street Fair, Washington Square North

Guy selling perfume: Ladies, buy one and get my number free!

–34th & 7th

Overheard by: Denah

Man advertising standup comedy event: Comedy and alcohol for all you miserable bastards out there!

–Broadway

Man selling tickets to a comedy club: I hate my job! Come get drunk! Sell tickets! Sell tickets! Drinks! Drunk! Come get druuuunk!

–Times Square

Overheard by: Kate

Posted on July 30, 2008
About Celebrities, All Wednesday One-Liners, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Clothing, Compare/Contrast, Compliments, Death, Drinking & Drunk People, Flyer people, Free stuff!, Insults, Men, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Money & Class, Music, Musicians, Offers and requests, Shopping, Street, Times Square, Vendors & Street Performers, Washington Heights and Inwood

Have You Ever Read Wednesday One-Liners… on Weed?

Man on cell: Do you have any (quieter and mumbled) bagms? (pause, more intense) Do you have any (mumbled)? (one word at a time) Weed! Weed! Do you have any weeeed? (pause) No? Nothing? Well you're not much of a drug dealer then, are you?

–77th St & 3rd Ave, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

Overheard by: fet

Hipster: …becoming a teacher and then getting arrested for marijuana possession in South Korea.

–L Train

Overheard by: paola

Boy running by: They're playing frisbee! I have to roll a joint!

–Pratt Institute

Teenage girl to guy with long hair and long beard in a tie-dye shirt: You look like you could be some kind of famous stoner.

–L Train

Mother to seven-year-old son (angrily): Don't you ever tell anyone else at school that I smoke marijuana! I'll go to jail and you'll be dead! (suddenly calm) It is, however, something I personally believe people should have a right to do.

–M102 Bus

Posted on July 30, 2008
All Wednesday One-Liners, Boys, Brooklyn, College, Compare/Contrast, Crime and Punishment, Education, Global Geography, Hipsters, Jobs & Careers, Men, Moms, Offers and requests, On Cell, On the Bus, On the Subway, Physical appearance, Questions, Stoners, Threats, Weed

The Difference Between Delivery and DiGiorno

Female coworker: I would pay for it.
Male coworker: You are paying for it, they're just not putting it in.

–16th & 5th

Overheard by: Brownsvillegirl

Posted on July 29, 2008
Compare/Contrast, Coworkers, Default, Men, Money & Class, Murray Hill and Gramercy, Women, Words

God, I Love Playing Grand Theft Auto

Frat boy #1: I feel like I just had sex.
Frat boy #2: Yeah, I know the feeling.

–Grand Central

Overheard by: Commuter

Posted on July 29, 2008
Compare/Contrast, Default, Frat Boys, Grand Central, Sensory Experiences, Sex

Isn't That the Highest Compliment Among Your People?

Queer #1: Sometimes you remind me of Donny Osmond.
Queer #2: Sometimes you remind me of an asshole.

–NYU

Posted on July 29, 2008
About Celebrities, Compare/Contrast, Default, Insults, NYU, Queer guys

Gene Simmons: What?! I Fucking Quit!

High school hipster #1: Dude, you know that guy Ray Simmons?
High school hipster #2: Who?
High school hipster #1: Ray Simmons, Ray Simmons. I dunno dude, the fucking guy from KISS.
High school hipster #3: Richard Simmons.
High school hipster #1: Yeah, that's it, Richard Simmons.

–Path Train to NYC

Overheard by: sweatin' to the oldies

Posted on July 29, 2008
Compare/Contrast, Default, Hipsters, Music, Names, Questions, Students, Teens, Trains Not Subway

Plus, I Got You That Golden Ticket, Veruca

Three-year-old: I have a lot of M&Ms at mommy's house.
Dad: Yes, but you get more snacks at daddy's house.

–Path Train

Overheard by: Jatmos

Posted on July 29, 2008
Compare/Contrast, Dads, Default, Food, Kids, Parents, Trains Not Subway

For Me, Getting Married Would Be Like Playing Madhouse

Drunk girl #1: Oh my god! Getting married is like playing house! It sucks!
Drunk girl #2: Yeah! I never want to get married or have kids. I have too many mental illnesses to pass along.

–L Train

Posted on July 28, 2008
Compare/Contrast, Default, Drunks, Girls, Illness, Kids, Marriage, On the Subway, Stupidity

Like, What’s with the Curly Hair?

Nurse #1: So what are you guys doing for passover?
Nurse #2: Nothing.
Nurse #1: No Seder?
Nurse #2: I’m not Jewish.
Nurse #1: No way? Really?
Nurse #2: Really.
Nurse #1: Yes, you are.
Nurse #2: I’m not.
Nurse #1: You totally are. I know you are.

–Mount Sinai Hospital

Overheard by: Janis

Posted on July 27, 2008
Compare/Contrast, Coworkers, Default, Holidays, Hospitals, Judaism, Nurses, Questions, Weirdness

Compare/Contrast

Isn't That the Highest Compliment Among Your People?