Son Of a Wednesday One-Liner!

Young mother: Yeah, she still talks like a baby. She still talkin' baby talk. Her favorite word is "bitch."

–C Train

Overheard by: Emily B.

Black chick on phone: So I asked that bitch and she said he's gonna be in the Special Olympics in Secaucus.

–33rd St & 6th Ave

Overheard by: Jake

Conductor over PA system: Don't hold the doors, bitches!

–1 Train

Overheard by: Anna

Ghetto boyfriend to ghetto girlfriend: You know… You know that I luh' you, but I just wanna know, why you don't luh' me? Why, bitch, why?!

–Broadway & Canal

Overheard by: Aviva

Man on cell: It was a bad bitch? …a bad bitch?

–37th & Broadway

Girl to friend: …so then the guy turns the fuck around during "Chim chiminey" and just loses his shit on those two old bitches.

–24th St & 3rd Ave

Overheard by: Viv

Posted on August 13, 2008
Babies, Black People, Boyfriends, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Compare/Contrast, Conductors, Couples, Ghetto Chicks, Girlfriends, Girls, Insults, Love, Moms, Murray Hill and Gramercy, Offers and requests, On Cell, On the Subway, Public Transportation, Questions, Shoes, Singing, The Village, Wall Street, TriBeCa, South Street Seaport, Words

…Actually, No, That's a Lie

Girlfriend: Why do you always lie to me?
Boyfriend: Because it is the only way you will take me seriously!

–Plaza Street, Brooklyn

Overheard by: roux42

Posted on August 8, 2008
Boyfriends, Brooklyn, Couples, Default, Girlfriends, Lies, Questions

Around the World in Wednesday One-Liners

Dude: Mount Olympus is just, like, one giant trailer park.

–Central Park

Overheard by: Jessica

Guy: People in Vietnam are different than us.

–Park & 24th

Overheard by: Sabrina

Girl to friend: Say something in British, or wherever you're from… Switzerland!

–8th St & 6th Ave

Overheard by: Larry

Supposedly well-traveled woman: But you know where I want to go next? Buenos Aires! They haven't changed to the Euro yet.

–3rd & B

Hipster: I'm going to punch Uzbekistan.

–West 42nd St

Hipster girl to boyfriend: People like you, you're the reason people die in Mexico!

–18th & 1st

Overheard by: Jessica

Posted on August 6, 2008
All Wednesday One-Liners, Central Park, Compare/Contrast, Death, Friends, Girlfriends, Girls, Global Geography, Guys, Hipsters, History & Geography, Languages, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Money & Class, Murray Hill and Gramercy, Offers and requests, Stupidity, The Village, Travel, Union Square and East Village, Wishes & desires, Women

So Crispy and Cheesy

Girl: I think there’s a pretty good seafood restaurant around here. What kind of fish do you like?
Boyfriend: I really like goldfish.

–E14th & 3rd

Overheard by: one order of koi, please

Posted on July 26, 2008
Animals & Nature, Boyfriends, Couples, Default, Food, Girlfriends, Questions, Union Square and East Village

Military Service Might Help You Get Started

Boyfriend: You know what I really want to be?
Girlfriend: What, sweetie?
Boyfriend: A crazy old man! The kind with a shotgun that threatens to shoot at kids and steals stuff and never wears his dentures!

–Bryant Park

Overheard by: Me too!

Posted on July 24, 2008
Age/Aging, Boyfriends, Bryant Park, Couples, Default, Girlfriends, Questions, Violence, Weirdness, Wishes & desires

The Angry Anorexics on the Train Were Too Weak to Attack Them

Hipster girl to boyfriend: And she was like this huge ass chick with this little tiny dude! And I was just like: “Yeah! Size like… doesn’t fuckin’ matter!”
Hipster boyfriend: I totally know!

–F Train

Overheard by: mark alan

Posted on July 17, 2008
Boyfriends, Compare/Contrast, Default, Girlfriends, Hipsters, On the Subway, Physical appearance, Relationships

Wednesday One-Liners May Not Be Suitable for All Audiences

Ex-girlfriend about ex-boyfriend: I mean, he’s not exactly the kind of person to say: "I hear there’s a really great documentary about genocide playing at the film forum."

–Café near NYU

Overheard by: robin

Chick with Super-8 to random stranger: Excuse me, would you mind being the pickpocket in our silent film?

–The Montauk Club

Overheard by: torchwood lesbian

Man on phone: I wanna watch it in June so I can watch it stoned… Watching Harold and Kumar not stoned is like eating bread without butter!

–Train to Grand Central

Girl: Indiana Jones is what type of movie? Is it a life movie?

–43rd Street and 8th Ave

Overheard by: Ferris

Girl to friend: Did you get it? There were like a lot of metaphors in that movie, like label versus no label.

–Chelsea Clearview Cinema, after Midnight Showing of the Sex & The City Movie

Girl to boyfriend: If I don’t like movies about belts, am I going to like this movie?

–Smith & Wyckoff, Brooklyn

Posted on July 16, 2008
All Wednesday One-Liners, Bars & Clubs, Brooklyn, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Compare/Contrast, Film, Friends, Girlfriends, Girls, Grand Central, Men, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Movies, Offers and requests, On Cell, Park Slope, Questions, Relationships, Restaurants & Cafes, Trains Not Subway, Weed

A Much Better Way to Reach Out and Touch Myself

Boyfriend: My vibrator is a lot louder than yours.
Girlfriend: Really?
Boyfriend: Yeah, I’m switching to AT&T.

–PATH Train

Overheard by: Not From Jersey City

Posted on July 10, 2008
Boyfriends, Cell Phone, Compare/Contrast, Default, Dildos and Vibrators, Girlfriends, Sensory Experiences, Trains Not Subway, Words

Billy Joel: “Hey!”

Girlfriend: I just don’t get it. Dan* can be such a nice guy, such a sweetheart. And then other times, he’s Satan. Something must have happened to him when he was a child.
Boyfriend: He’s from Long Island.

–Upper West Side

Overheard by: Not from Long Island

Posted on July 7, 2008
Boyfriends, Compare/Contrast, Compliments, Default, Girlfriends, Kids, Psychology, Satan, U.S. Geography, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center

If You Do the Allstate Gesture Again I’m Gonna Smack You

Asian guy to girlfriend: That’s the best part about being in a relationship.
White girlfriend: Sandwiches?
Asian guy: Always having an extra pair of hands.

–49th St Station

Overheard by: missalicious

Posted on June 21, 2008
Asians, Body Parts, Boyfriends, Default, Food, Girlfriends, Innuendo, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Relationships, Subway stations, platforms, etc., White People

Girlfriends