Sometimes, Wednesday Uses One-Liners As a Crutch

Man in shorts on cell: Well, I think what happened is he lost his pinky because of the forklift. But that's not the point of this conversation, let's talk about me here.

–186th St & Bennet Ave

Overheard by: Rina

Girl: And she's so awkward on crutches, it's so annoying!

–Grand Central

Overheard by: MR T

Guy on cell: So he tried to kill a roach and broke his knee, and that's why he's on crutches for the rest of summer.

–Union Square

Mother to young son: Sweetie, don't trip and bust your head open. I don't have no duct tape to put it back together.

–Laundromat, 48th St & 10th Ave

Blueberry salesman, as woman in crutches hobbles past: You hoppin', but you ain't stoppin'!

–Greenmarket

Posted on December 23, 2009
Accidents, All Wednesday One-Liners, Body Parts, Clerks, Girls, Grand Central, Guys, Handicaps, Insects, Kids, Laundromat, Men, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Moms, On Cell, One-liners, Parents, Retards & Handicaps, Stupidity, Union Square and East Village, Washington Heights and Inwood, Wednesday One-Liners, Weirdness

How Are Wednesday One-Liners Like Network TV, Alex?

Guy to boyfriend: I think you're boring. I'm bored.

–W 15th & 8th Ave

Overheard by: Thompson

Woman on cell: I got so bored at work that I started talking to my mosquito bite! I told it to stop making me itch.

–58th St & 9th Ave

11-year-old boy to friends: I'm not ready for death. It's boring. All you do is fly around in the air.

–7 Train

Kid to family, looking at camels: I'm just gonna come right out and say it: 'dis is really fuckin' boring!

–Bronx Zoo

Overheard by: Tyler

Posted on December 23, 2009
All Wednesday One-Liners, Animals & Nature, Boyfriends, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Comebacks, Death, Families, Friends, Guys, Insults, Kids, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, On Cell, On the Subway, One-liners, Queer guys, Relationships, Sensory Experiences, Street, The Bronx, Vampires, Ghouls, and Ghosts, oh my!, Wednesday One-Liners, Weirdness, Women

If Only We Had an Electronic Way to Figure This Stuff Out

Bookish guy: What is a “well drink,” exactly?
Friend: I'm not sure. I've never gotten a straight answer on that.
Bookish guy: I think the bartenders dump all of the liquor they have left over into a well, and they make the drink with that.
Friend: Yeah, that sounds right.

–L Train

Overheard by: WetBandits

Posted on December 22, 2009
Drinking & Drunk People, Friends, Guys, On the Subway, Questions, Weirdness, Words

Fine. Now Explain the “I Fuck Men” T-Shirt.

Guy: Why do men keep flirting with me?
Girl #1: Why do you think?
Guy: Is it because of my pants?
Girl #2: Because they're tight?
Guy: These are loose!

–Washington Square Park

Posted on December 22, 2009
Clothing, Gays and Lesbians, Girls, Guys, Parks, Physical appearance, Pick-up Lines, Questions, Washington Square Park

Billy, We're Hairdressers

Dude #1: I don't even care, man.
Dude #2: I do! I ain't workin' for no fag!

–Penn Station

Overheard by: Melanie

Posted on December 21, 2009
Gays and Lesbians, Gripes, Guys, Insults, Jobs & Careers, Penn Station

Nothing's Better for the Inside Of a Girl Than the Outside Of a Zucchini

Guy: Did you know there is veggie porn?
Girlfriend: No, I didn't.
Guy: I'll send you the link.
Girlfriend: Not interested, but you can look all you want.
Guy: Not for me… I'm not a vegetarian, although I'm eating vegetarian.

–14th St & 8th Ave

Overheard by: AsianLatino

Posted on December 19, 2009
Girlfriends, Guys, Internet, Porn, The Village, Vegetarian & Vegan, Wishes & desires

Why I Avoid the Village: Encapsulated.

Tall curly-haired guy: I have a magnet in my head, by the way.
Petite Asian girl: What? What does that mean?
Tall curly-haired guy: Nothing. Just a random phrase. Just being goofy and unfiltered.
Petite Asian girl: I have a donut in my brain.
Tall curly-haired guy: I've seen the X-rays. I know.

–Odessa Restaurant

Overheard by: baconista

Posted on December 18, 2009
Asians, Body Parts, Food, Girls, Guys, Health and Hygiene, Restaurants & Cafes

…Real Blood Is Much Easier to Deal With.

Girl: Hey!
Older guy: Hey! How's your film shoot going?
Girl: Great! I'm almost done!
Random sketch: Be careful not to get any fake blood on your clothes. I know you're wearing all black, but still. (winks)
(no response)
Random sketch: I used to do a lot of coke.

–E 10th & Ave A

Posted on December 17, 2009
Advice, Alphabet City, Blood & bleeding, Clothing, Cocaine, Colors, Fakes, Film, Girls, Guys, Strangers

Wednesdays Become One-Liner With the Universe

Young child to mother: I am not psychic.

–Downtown B Train

Overheard by: furf

Normal-looking guy: But we have the complexity of magic!

–NYU

Asian Bikram instructor: Listen to your breast and find your inner piss.

–Park Slope

Overheard by: Bikram Curious

Thug on cell: You don't know what kind of drugs they gave you, or if you really blacked out. But you have to understand that the spiritual world and the physical world are two different things. (pause) I don't have evidence of a spiritual world. (pause) You know that guy Des-cart? That's his name, right?

–Hunter College

Overheard by: trapped@hunter

Guy on phone: Listen, Julian, you are a shit-ass excuse for a friend. You can lick the peanut butter from between my toes. (pause) Listen, Julian, I'm on the other line with my psychic, let me call you back.

–49th St & 8th Ave

Overheard by: Lara