Tracy Chapman Only Needs One

Girl #1, touching bamboo sculpture: Rose, how do you think they're gonna get this down?
Girl #2: I dunno, untie it?
Girl #1: But I mean… Are they gonna, like, move it to a warehouse or, like, incinerate it? That's super not ecologically sound.
Girl #2: Um…
Girl #1: Fuck! They should just put pandas up here. Like a shit-ton of pandas. One, pandas eat bamboo. B, it would get the job done fast and all that would be left is the rope. Three, the more pandas eat, the stronger they get; the stronger they get, the more they bone, and then they're less endangered. Four, it would be really cute on the news, and… Five? Dude, pandas!
Girl #2: Are you high?
Girl #1: I've just had a Riesen.

–Roof Garden, The Met

Posted on August 21, 2010
Animals & Nature, Food, Girls, Questions, Straight Trippin', The Met, Trees and plants, Visual Art

Men Are Always Looking for the Next Muffin

Nauseated Puerto Rican woman to sleepy Puerto Rican man: What if I was pregnant?
Sleepy Puerto Rican man: I am not prepared to answer that question. I'm focusing on what kind of muffin I'm going to get.

–R Train

Overheard by: The Best Answer I've Ever Heard!

Posted on August 16, 2010
Food, On the Subway, Pregnancy & Birth Control, Puerto Ricans, Questions

They're So Grateful for My Tips, Though

20-something girl: Where do you want to go to dinner? How 'bout that Italian place on the Lower East Side? The one we went to when your parents were in town?
Tarty friend: Oh, no. We can't go there.
20-something girl: Why not?
Tarty friend: (stares at her intently)
20-something girl: Oh. Well, how bout that place we like in the West Village?
Tarty friend: Nope. Sorry.
20-something girl, exasperated: Hey, can you, like, stop sleeping with the waiters at all our favorite restaurants? I'd really like to be able to eat at these places again.
Tarty friend, sighing earnestly: I'll try.

–2 Train

Overheard by: doesn't know whether to be impressed or judgmental

Posted on August 13, 2010
Food, Friends, Girls, On the Subway, Parents, Promiscuity, Questions

Wednesday Double-Entendre Liners

Middle-aged woman to another: Oh! Look at those nuts, Theresa!

–Holiday Market, Union Square

Four-year-old girl, holding giant lollipop: Daddy, look! It's so big I can't get my mouth around it!

–Gristedes, University Place

Overheard by: M

Girl to friend bending down to pick something up: You are now the official bender in this relationship.

–Bard High School, Queens

Overheard by: Sunny

Woman reading menu outside: I love fish tacos!

–Chavela's, Prospect Heights

Overheard by: zack g.

Girl on cell: Well, my mouth is really small, you know? So I needed something really wide to hold it open.

–1st Ave & 5th St

Overheard by: Asaywhat

Posted on August 11, 2010
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…But I Want You to Think Of Me Eating It As Performance Art.

Hipster waif #1, standing in line at ice cream truck: I've been like vegan all like day.
Hipster waif #2: So, are you gonna get ice cream?
Hipster waif #1: Yeah…

–McCarren Park, Williamsburg

Overheard by: natty_ice

Posted on August 9, 2010
Food, Hipsters, Vegetarian & Vegan, Williamsburg

It Is Kinda Inspiring, but Kinda Horrible

College student #1: I don't think I could get high enough to eat that much cream cheese.
College student #2: Oh, yeah, I forgot that you don't like cream cheese.

–N Train

Overheard by: klo

Posted on August 7, 2010
Drugs, Food, Frat Boys, On the Subway

I'll Split It With You, Ma

Young woman to old woman with walker: They're excellent! But they're fifteen dollars.
Old woman with walker, straightening up: For one sandwich?!

–Houston St

Overheard by: Stephie

Posted on July 27, 2010
Food, Money & Class, Old People, Soho, Women

How Gay Boys Keep Their Figures by Losing Their Appetites

Young Jersey gay boy going to pride parade: Oh my god, my thighs are so pasty. And hairy!
Friend: Yeah, it's like someone cut their hair over a bowl of sour cream.

–NJ Transit

Overheard by: JBe

Posted on July 22, 2010
B & T, Body Parts, Compare/Contrast, Food, Friends, Hair, Physical appearance, Queer guys, Trains Not Subway

It's a Small Wednesday One-liner, After All.

Hipster teenage girl: Holy crap, there's a midget! I love seeing midgets in the city. I always text my friends and say "there's a midget following me!"

–Central Park

Woman on cell: You and me can't eat twice. Midgets can eat twice. (pause) And babies can eat twice too!

–5th Ave & 10th St

Overheard by: Kody

Theater teacher: Even though he was under four feet and she was over six feet, it wasn't that weird. I mean, that scene with the deep kissing, when the whole crew is watching, that was kind of… hot. (pause) No, no, I mean, I wasn't sitting there being like, "wow, this midget really turns me on!" I don't go on giantess. Come in my spare time…

–Hunter College High School

Sexy guy: Don't pretend you've never wondered what it would look like to see midgets make 600 chocolate casino dice.

–Morningside Heights

Overheard by: Ladle

Posted on July 21, 2010
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The Sorriest Wednesday One-Liners in Town

Girl on cell: Listen, Alice, I just wanted to call and tell you that I am really, really sorry about the pop-tarts.

–High School, Queens

Overheard by: Sunny

Conductor: This is where they tell me what the problem is, so you can stick with me or abandon ship, but either way I'm sorry for the mind-numbing delays.

–Delayed 6 Train

Overheard by: Frankie

Guy on cell: I'm trying to apolo… shut the fuck up! Shut the fuck up. (pause) I'm trying to… stop talking! Just stop talking! (pause) Say "okay." I told you to stop talking. Say "okay." Shut the fuck up!

–Union Square

Overheard by: tracy

Conductor: We are delayed because of train traffic ahead of us. Thank you for your inconvenience and sorry for your cooperation.

–Downtown F Frain

Overheard by: Ben Black

Posted on July 21, 2010
All Wednesday One-Liners, Apologies, Conductors, Fast Times at New York High, Food, Girls, Guys, Insults, On Cell, On the Subway, One-liners, Passengers, Public Transportation, Queens, Union Square and East Village, Wednesday One-Liners, Weirdness, Wishes & desires, Words

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