Ni Hao, Wednesday One-Liners!

Korean girl to white guy: Why do you find it necessary to squint your eyes when you do an Asian impression?

–L Train

Overheard by: john.ainley

White girl to friends: And then a ninjician pulled a chopstick out of her ear!

–Veniero's Pastry Shop

Overheard by: Amy

Asian chick: Asians are obsessed with analyzing poop.

–Max Restaurant, Tribeca

Overheard by: Shringle

Woman begging for change: Can I get some quarters? (pause) My cousin-in-law is Chinese. Come on!

–52nd & Lexington

Overheard by: NMT

Asian woman, after sneezing: Just cuz I'm a sneezin' Asian don't mean I got SARS.

–Port Authority Bus Terminal

Overheard by: CNaughty

White girl on cell: Okay, I'm going to sound crazy, but there's this Asian guy in one of my classes…and he looks just like Ashley…and I just want to run up and say "Can I take a picture of you? Because you look just like my black girlfriend!"

–Dorm Building, Cooper Union

Posted on October 15, 2008
All Wednesday One-Liners, Asians, Body Parts, Buildings, College, Compare/Contrast, Family Ties, Girls, Global Geography, Grocery Stores, Illness, Koreans, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, On Cell, On the Subway, Physical appearance, Pictures, Poop, Port Authority, Questions, Race, Restaurants & Cafes, Union Square and East Village, Wall Street, TriBeCa, South Street Seaport, Weirdness, White People

…Unless You Have Her Number on Hand.

Drunk balding fratboy in elevator: Dude who's that chick in the picture on your phone?
Tall friend: Oh, it's my niece.
Drunk balding fratboy in elevator: Buzzkill.

–Bowlmor Night Club

Overheard by: Revere La Noue

Posted on October 10, 2008
Clubs, Default, Drunks, Family Ties, Frat Boys, Friends, Guys, Pictures, Questions, The Village, Words

The Real World: Junior High Turned Out to Be a Legal Powderkeg

20-something male #1: Dude, all she did all week was stay out late, get drunk, and hook up with random guys.
20-something male #2: Yeah, but that's what vacation is for.
20-something male #1: Not when it's your 13-year-old sister!

–Gramercy

Overheard by: She said she was 19

Posted on September 28, 2008
Compare/Contrast, Default, Drinking & Drunk People, Family Ties, Friends, Guys, Hook Ups, Leisure, Murray Hill and Gramercy

Everything She Knows About Europe She Learned from Greek Tragedies

Male third grader: It's illegal to marry your sibling.
Female third grader: Yeah, unless you're from Europe.

–Bus

Overheard by: wishing i was still 8

Posted on September 26, 2008
Boys, Crime and Punishment, Default, Family Ties, Girls, Global Geography, Kids, Marriage, On the Bus, Weirdness

But Grandpa, You Must Have!

Man #1: Yes you did!
Man #2: I didn't fuck your grandma!

–Central Park Zoo

Posted on September 11, 2008
Central Park, Default, Family Ties, Men, Sex, Tourist Attractions, Weirdness

But the Peg Leg Is Purely for Style

Drunk man to couple in booth: Hey, hey, are you two siblings or are you dating?
Woman: We're siblings.
Drunk man: Are you sure? Because sometimes when I'm with my sister I tell people we're dating.
Man: Yeah, we're sure.
Drunk man: Okay, well, I'm going to Central City. How long do you think it would take to get there?
Man: Pennsylvania?
Drunk man: Yeah.
Man: By train or walking?
Drunk man: I'm gonna walk, motherfucker!
Man: At least a couple of hours. I think you're going to need a few more drinks.
Drunk man: Yeah man! (to woman) You look like you could be in Pirates.
Woman: Yeah, I get that a lot.

–Tick Tock Diner, 34th St

Posted on September 4, 2008
Advice, Brothers, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Default, Drinks, Drunks, Family Ties, Men, Movies, Questions, Restaurants & Cafes, Sisters, Time, Weirdness, Women

Your Real Parents Are Never Coming for You, Kid

(family stands facing the empire state building)
Tourist son: Mom, which one is the Empire State Building?
Tourist mom: I think it's the one with the circley top. (points to the Chrysler Building)
Tourist dad: No, honey, it's the one way out there, on the water.
Tourist son #2: That's the Statue of Liberty. (to no one in paritcular) I can't believe I'm part of this fucking family.

–Top of the Rock

Overheard by: Melissa

Posted on August 30, 2008
Boys, Dads, Default, Families, Family Ties, Kids, Moms, Questions, Stupidity, Tourism, Tourist Attractions, Tourists

Man's Best Wednesday One-Liners

Man: So I was making out with my ex girlfriend on the bridge and out of nowhere this dog runs over and starts humping my leg…

–Uptown 1 Train

Dude outside bar: All dogs are gay.

–7th Avenue, Park Slope

Overheard by: The Katie

Black man arguing with kiosk man: Yo, he ain't my son, he's my dog!

–6th Street

Middle-aged woman walking her dog to passersby: I'm a dog! I don't know why none of you believe me! I talk to my dog. Humans don't talk to animals, animals talk to animals! I'm not human! And until you people realize that, you're going to keep having problems with me!

–9th St & University Place

Overheard by: Katie

Drunk guy to girls walking puppy: Hey giiirl. Watch yo dawg. Giiirl! Watch yo dog… Cuz I might bite!

–Staten Island Boardwalk

Overheard by: Izzy

(teacher's cell rings)
Teacher: I have a feeling I have to answer this. It's very important. It's about my puppy.

–Stuyvesant High School

Overheard by: student

Posted on August 27, 2008
Advice, All Wednesday One-Liners, Battery Park, Black People, Crazies, Crazy, Customers, Drunks, Family Ties, Fears, Gays and Lesbians, Guys, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, Men, On the Subway, Park Slope, Sexuality, Staten Island, Stuyvesant, Teachers/Professors, The Village, Threats, We Love Our Pets, Women

Luckily the Hoods Are Incredibly Slimming

Girl #1: Do you think this Beatles shirt makes me look fat?
Girl #2: No, but regardless you're still related to the founder of the KKK.

–73rd & Broadway

Posted on August 25, 2008
Clothing, Default, Diet/Weight, Family Ties, Girls, KKK, Music, Physical appearance, Questions, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center

Thus Concluding My Responsibility in the Matter

Young thug poser: I gotta go to my cousin's house tomorrow. She's always vomiting.
Friend: Yo, she's pregnant!
Thug: Naw, I already told her to take care of that shit, take that Plan B shit.

–7 Train

Overheard by: Katie

Posted on August 15, 2008
Abortion, Advice, Default, Family Ties, Friends, On the Subway, Pregnancy & Birth Control, Thugs, Vomit

Family Ties