My So-Called Wednesday One-Liner

Peter Greene (Zed from Pulp Fiction): What happens in your life if you don't have your gallbladder?

–The Library, East Village

Girl on cell: My life is cursed, Cordelia!

–Penn Station

Overheard by: Charlotte

Hobo carrying tall bamboo pole: What a life. Who wants to shoot me in the back?

–Strawberry Fields, Central Park

Overheard by: Publius

Girl to friend: So they, like, told me I should come up to the school for two days and, like, go to some dinner on the first night and then do campus activities the next day. But I don't know. That's, like, two days of my life.

–6 Train

Overheard by: Bystanding Citizen

Little girl to mom: It's okay, mom. I'll just go on and have a good life and never learn how to whistle.

–80th St & Amsterdam Ave

Posted on June 9, 2010
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Wednesday One-Liners to Go Gaga Over

Teenage boy in suit to others: Apparently I look a lot like Lady Gaga.

–42nd St

Overheard by: model UN delegate

Elderly man to elderly woman: Gaga… What's a gaga? He went to see Lady Gaga! Gaga… Gaga? Gaga? (goes on for some minutes)

–Downtown A Train

Overheard by: Jill

Girl to friends, all singing Lady Gaga: I just want to take her face and put it in my vagina. That's how obsessed I am with Lady Gaga.

–7th St & 1st Ave

Overheard by: Stephanie

Girl: Lady Gaga is not going to sit on your face.

–12th St & 3rd Ave

Overheard by: Cass

Posted on June 9, 2010
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It's Skyscraper Mating Season

Girl #1: Wow, look at that building all lit up over there!
Girl #2: That's the Empire State Building.
Girl #1: It's so glowy!

–West Village

Overheard by: Emily B.

Posted on June 8, 2010
Girls, NYC Geography, Physical appearance, West Village

…Which Brings Me to My Latest Invention

Guy: We should go bike riding.
Girl: I can't. I forgot how to ride a bike.
Guy: You don't forget to ride a bike.
Girl: Well, I don't believe that saying, because I forgot.
Guy: If you can ride a cock, you can ride a bike.

–Central Park

Overheard by: Annonymus

Posted on June 8, 2010
Central Park, Compare/Contrast, Girls, Guys, Penis

Not Right Now, Though

Guy, walking toward Broadway: You're the one that I want.
Girl, walking toward 7th Ave: You're the one that I want.
Both, as they continue to walk away: Oo oo oo, honey!

–Times Square

Overheard by: MissPinkKate

Posted on June 8, 2010
Girls, Guys, Love, Times Square, Wishes & desires

Dear Letters to Penthouse…

Girl to guy: Are you drunk yet?
Guy: No.
Girl: Well, hurry up and get drunk so you can take advantage of me and my friends!

–Columbia University

Posted on June 8, 2010
Columbia (& Barnard), Columbia University, Drinking & Drunk People, Girls, Guys, Happiness, Offers and requests, Sex

Or Just Follow Her Home Like Usual?

Music nerd: I am soulmates with Bonnie Raitt and John Lennon.
Girl: Sure.
Music nerd: No, seriously. (pause) What's her birthday? I should send her a card or something.

–106th St & Broadway

Overheard by: Mady P for publicity