Wednesday One-Liners Adjust Their Tiaras

JAP, reflecting: I think I might be a drug dealer.

–Spot’s Café

JAP: Yeah! I went to Israel this summer! And they all looked at me like I was an idiot! They don’t have Uggs there… They don’t have burgers… They don’t have loosies!

–Hunter College

Jappy teen: I’ve never done anything for society and I’ve done just fine.

–University & 12th

JAP: Bitch, "Jewish" is a religion!

–17th & 6th

NYU JAP: I told my dad that I couldn’t go to the scholarship fair because I had to get my nails done, and I think we’re still in a fight!

–Goddard Hall, NYU Dorm

Overheard by: Maya G.

Jappy girl to friend: [Sighs.] I’m losing faith in humanity, one orgasm at a time.

–1 Train

Overheard by: Ponine

Posted on November 27, 2014
All Wednesday One-Liners, Assholes, Compare/Contrast, Crime and Punishment, Drugs, Food, Friends, Girls, Global Geography, Hunter, JAPs, Jobs & Careers, Judaism, Murray Hill and Gramercy, On the Subway, Orgasm, Parents, Restaurants & Cafes, Stupidity, The Village, Travel, Washington Square Park, Weirdness, Words

That’s What They’re Calling Anal Now

Girl #1: I love a little ethnicity…in the penis!
Girl #2: Totally, I heart the foreigners. The best I’ve ever had was a Frenchie.
Drunk guy: What? Hold on. You fucked a scrunchie?

–Houston & A

Posted on November 17, 2014
Bimbettes, Drunks, Foreigners, Girls, Global Geography, Multiculturalism, Overheard Style, Penis, Sex & Relationships, Union Square and East Village, Wishes & desires, Words

The Real Reason the Israelites Left

Ghetto store employee #1: Yo, they got people in Egypt?
Ghetto store employee #2: Yeah, they got Pizza Hut an everything. Right across the street from the pyramids an shit.
Ghetto store employee #1: Why they be eatin pizza? It’s hot in the desert they ain’t got to be eatin no hot pizza!

–Mass Produced Clothing Store, SoHo

Posted on November 13, 2014
9 to 5-ers, Default, Ghetto Chicks, Global Geography, Pizza, Questions, Sensory Experiences, Soho, Store, Travel, Weather

I Think I Stepped in Some Sicily This Morning

Guy #1: Naw, you’s retarded! That’s Greek, yo!
Guy #2: Where’s Greece?
Guy #1: Dude, Greece is in Ireland.
Guy #2: No it ain’t.
Guy #1: But they look the same, man!

–Sunset Park

Posted on November 9, 2014
Global Geography, Guys, Idiots, Insults, Parks, Stupidity, Talking/Convos

International House of Wednesday One-Liners

Man: Of course, by this point I’ve experienced all sorts of international butt-cracks.

–34th & 8th

Overheard by: ghilledhu

Fat man: Of course this statue was French-made — when you look up her dress she’s not shaved.

–Statue of Liberty

Checkout lady: Nah, he’s third generation. He’s not a real Greek, he’s a fake Greek.

–Key Food, Astoria

Overheard by: sara n.

Guy: Do you think anyone will notice that I’m French?

–E 8th St & Broadway

British bloke, loudly on cell: Listen, I don’t give a shit what time it is over there, you fucking lazy, German sack of shite.

–World Trade Center

Overheard by: alright guv’nor

Lady, about her dog: I think a Mexican family owned him. He refuses to eat anything but rice and beans.

–Diner

Girl on cell: She has this Spanish boyfriend from work who has a girlfriend. But, I guess in Spain or wherever, that’s okay.

–Union Square

Overheard by: kelsey

Posted on November 6, 2014
All Wednesday One-Liners, Global Geography, Infidelity, Insults, Man's Best Friend, Time, Wednesday One-Liners, Wednesday One-Liners Vary

“It's a Small Wednesday One-Liner After All”

College girl: Yeah, the worst part about Africa was that we, like, didn't go out!

–Starbucks

Overheard by: Noemi

Shabby-looking blue collar mom to distinguished older Indian woman: Ohhh! I have always wanted to go to Bollywood! I love East Africa and Asia! I wanted to buy a bonsai tree, but they are way too expensive.

–5 Train

20-something, looking at Washington arch: There was something like this in France.

–Washington Square Park

Overheard by: M

Guy on cell: I swear I didn't have sex with her when I was in Norway.

–Lower East Side

Posted on November 5, 2014
All Wednesday One-Liners, Blue-collar workers, Celebrations/Parties, Compare/Contrast, Global Geography, Guys, India Indians, Lower East Side, Moms, Money & Class, Old People, On Cell, On the Subway, One-liners, Sex, Sorority Girls, Starbucks, Travel, Trees and plants, Washington Square Park, Weirdness, Wishes & desires

It’s Like English, But Cooler

Student #1: How long have you been here?
Student #2: I live here for four years.
Student #1: Your English is perfect! What is your native language?
Student #2: I speak Thai. Your English is fine, too. You are from Trinadad, right? What is your native language?
Student #1: English.

–FIT library