Yo Quiero Wednesday One-Liners

Woman to male teacher: I thought you were a middle aged Latino woman.

–Fordham University, Lincoln Center

Overheard by: Alex and Colin

Chubby Latino: I don't want to go there. It'll just be a bunch of angry Dominicans throwing tables.

–Cooper Park, Williamsburg

Overheard by: Confabulation Nation

Drunken lady, sitting uninvited at a Hispanic family table: Cinco cuatro cinco… en Chicago. I have a business at 545 Chicago. In Chicago. I am a successful woman. Stay in school, sweetie. Learn your math and arithmetic… Yes, your math, and your arithmetic. And be good to your mommy. You only have one mommy, so be good to her. Alright, ciao, guys. Adios, coco! What? A cab? No, no, I'm fine.

–Pio Pio Restaurant, 91st & 1st

Overheard by: HJWC

Hasidic Jew answering cell: Hola? Hola? Hola!

–30 Rock

Overheard by: Micky

Bespectacled man on cell, walking a dog: And I owe it all to the politically incorrect Frito Bandito.

–Bryant Park

Posted on August 20, 2008
Advice, All Wednesday One-Liners, Bryant Park, Business and Commerce, Drunks, Education, Fat People, Fears, Fordham, Gender issues, Jews, Languages, Latinos, Men, Multiculturalism, Overheard Style, Parents, Parks, Physical appearance, Pop Culture, Restaurants & Cafes, Rockefeller Center, Upper East Side, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center, We Love Our Pets, Weirdness, Williamsburg, Women

Wednesday One-Liners Can't Talk Here. It Isn't Safe

Conspiracy theorist: The government knows everything these days. The goddamn E-ZPass knows when I'm going to be intimate.

–Sly Fox Bar

Overheard by: Cait O'Connor

Dude on cell (angrily): You should not be paying that much for oil, man… No, we are not going to run out of oil anytime soon! Don't you know that there are X-ray satellites all around the Earth, and they know the location of all the oil, natural gas, and aluminum under the ground? We can do that, because we have the satellite technology!

–Bronx 2 Train

Elderly man seeing another with cochlear implant: Wow… now they re talking to your brain!

–Time Warner Building, Columbus Circle

Overheard by: michael

Drunk hobo on R train: I never met a woman that wasn't a federal agent. You can't trust women. Women are like computers. Never trust a machine that can think.

–R Train

High school girl: You know what I just found out? Those crop circles are real! I didn't know that! And if you take an electronic device down there to video tape them, it will explode.

–Wendy's

Posted on August 20, 2008
Advice, All Wednesday One-Liners, Body Parts, Buildings, Central Park, Cops, Drunks, Gender issues, Girls, Government, Guys, Hobos, Men, Money & Class, Old People, On Cell, On the Subway, Queens, Restaurants & Cafes, Science, Teens, The Bronx

Is Whether He Wants Kids Even an Issue?

Ghetto lady #1: He better be agreeing to giving me babies, cuz my eggs ain't be making no sperm.
Ghetto lady #2 (with hands on hips): Ummmm hmmmmm.

–45th & Park Ave

Overheard by: CC

Posted on August 14, 2008
Babies, Default, Friends, Gender issues, Ghetto Chicks, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Relationships, Wishes & desires

Or the Key to the Lock-Box Containing It, Anyway

Chick #1: Let's have a baby together.
Chick #2: Let's do it. Which one of us is going to have it?
Chick #1: You are.
Chick #2: Why me?
Chick #1: Because I have the dick.

–Party, 6th St, Park Slope

Overheard by: hooked up with her the night before

Posted on August 11, 2008
Babies, Compare/Contrast, Default, Friends, Gender issues, Girls, Offers and requests, Park Slope, Penis, Weirdness

Where Brooke Hogan Got That Controversial Opinion

Gay guy: Pelosi is sooo emasculating. That's why no one will vote for a female president. Because then they won't have a penis. Except for the women, I mean.
Girl: Huh???

–NYU

Overheard by: Dale

Posted on August 10, 2008
Compare/Contrast, Default, Gender issues, Girls, NYU, Penis, Politics, President, Queer guys

…in Sheep's Clothing

Black gay guy: I thought she was a girl. Michelle thought she was a girl, too.
Michelle: I thought she was a young boy.

–4th St & Bedford Ave

Posted on August 8, 2008
Black People, Brooklyn, Compare/Contrast, Default, Gays and Lesbians, Gender issues, Girls, Queer guys

They're Calling It the I-man-culate Conception

Excited woman #1: Oh my god, how's your brother?
Excited woman #2: He's doing great, he just gave birth!
Excited woman #1: (shrieking) congratulations!

–29th & 3rd Ave

Overheard by: voidoid

Posted on August 3, 2008
Default, Family Ties, Friends, Gender issues, Murray Hill and Gramercy, Pregnancy & Birth Control, Questions, Weirdness, Women

You’re Welcome to Babysit Mine for a While

Dude #1: Today, I saw someone wearing jeans that were like, way too tight.
Asian chick: Skinny jeans? I love skinny jeans!
Dude #1: On a guy? These were on a guy!
Asian chick: Oh, then… no.
Dude #1: Guys shouldn’t wear their jeans that tight. It’s bad for the balls.
Dude #2: It’s seriously bad for the balls. It’s unhealthy.
Asian chick (skeptically): Nuh-uh.
Dude #2: You wouldn’t know!
Dude #1: You don’t even have balls!
Asian chick: No. (considers) But if I did, I’d play with them all the time.

–NYU Elevator

Overheard by: Hannah

Posted on July 22, 2008
Asians, Balls, Clothing, Default, Elevators, Gender issues, Girls, Guys, Health and Hygiene, NYU

Shield Them from Harm; Deploy Them Only in Emergencies

Little girl to mother: Puberty means the period, right?
Mother to little girl: Yes, and the breasts. Don’t forget about the breasts.

–47th & Lexington

Overheard by: Simun

Posted on July 21, 2008
Age/Aging, Default, Gender issues, Girls, Kids, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Moms, Nipples, Questions

But at Least He Has an Alter Ego to Blame

Girl, about spiderman 3: It was a great movie if you wanted to see how to be the world’s worst boyfriend. All he cared about was himself. I mean, how could he have been so stupid? He…
Guy: You know, it’s not always the guy’s fault.
Girl: But it was! Were we watching the same movie?
Guy: I can’t believe we’re arguing about whose fault it was that Peter and Mary Jane broke up.
Girl: It was his fault.

–Union Square

Posted on July 17, 2008
Breaking Up, Default, Gender issues, Girls, Guys, Movies, Questions, Relationships, Union Square and East Village

Gender issues