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We Prefer to Think of Wednesday One-Liners as “Found Art”

Girl on cell: So I bought this air conditioner for my living room, and it’s entirely too large for me to install by myself, because it weighs 78 lbs. No, seriously, I cannot even get it out of the box. I know – for the time being I’m just referring to it as a Duchamp “readymade.” Ew! Don’t you call me bohemian!

–19th & 6th

Art professor: You should look at Picasso and Matisse. These people will be more important to you than your family. Cousin Philly. I had a cousin Philly, and I loved him very much. But he’s dead now.

–Pratt Institute

Overheard by: traPt

Lawyer to friend, about Vincent van Gogh: You know, I could have gotten him disability.

–Van Gogh Exhibit, MoMA

Woman, discussing gallery: It was all modern stuff – but not, like, the kind of modern art that children can do.

–20th & 5th

Tourist boy: You can see his penis! It’s not art if you can see his penis!

–Petrie Court, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Yeah But She Can Only Give You an I or a Y

Employee #1: Hey, look at this picture.
Employee #2: Yeah, she never would have made cheerleader if she had two legs.
Headline by: azione 

Runners-Up:
· “Amputation is the New Anorexia” — Amanda
· “And they want to take away affirmative action?” — Holly G
· “But I’d Still TOTALLY Bang Her” — Jason
· “But her talent is obvious…” — fuel
· “Come on, Eileen” — Parker
· “Four legs good, two legs bad!” — Zomzom
· “From the McCartney — Mills Divorce Files” — Gimpy La Rue
· “How to lose those extra pounds to make the squad: amputation” — Sean McGurr
· “Kids will do anything to make the team” — Spin
· “Or a head.” — Jeremiah Lewis
· “Playing the amputee card” — Mandaliet
· “She’d still be a virgin now too” — Sarah
· “Title IX didn’t say they had to actually do the routines.” — CityGirl
· “Tryouts were tough for the Special Olympics cheer squad.” — John
· “We call her Tripod Betty” — Wendy
· “When Affirmative action goes too far” — Marv in DC

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Ashlee Finally Lets Jessica Have It

Teen girl: Have you ever wondered why there are no, like, sexy midgets?
Friend: No, but sometimes I wonder if you are slightly retarded.
Headline by: DomCar 

Runners-Up:
· “And somewhere, at that moment, a tiny discrimination lawsuit was being filed” — Marc
· “Awwww! Thanks! You said slightly!” — Emily
· “Being sexy isn’t necessary when your face if even with most people’s crotches” — theVixenNicole
· “Both problems are an unfortunate result of genetics.” — Aaron Stephenson
· “But, like, sexily so?” — Tom Dorey
· “By the end of the yellow brick road, the Tin Man was hungry, tired, and BIT-CHY!” — Alissa
· “Comebacks for when you are secretly in love with a midget.” — John
· “Happily, I Have a Fetish for Both” — anthony fiore
· “It’s Sexy Because It’s Like Having Sex With Kids, But They’re Legal!” — Bored Beyond Belief
· “She’s obviously never seen Wizard of Oz, that is ALL sex appeal” — Kevo
· “Thank God your mom pays me to hang out with you” — tiddlywinks
· “The Sexy Midget Union, recognizing retardation as a handicap, will not sue.” — Extra Character
· “The ‘My secret is: I’m marrying a dwarf’ deodorant ad — first take” — Amanda
· “There Are Sexy Midgets, You Probably Just Overlooked Them!” — Hobo Whisperer
· “They Prefer the Term “Erotically Challenged Little People”” — Shepcat
· “Yellow fever: Love of Asians. Smallpox: Love of midgets. Down Syndrome: That girl.” — erak
· “Yes, but I look good in a teddy AND can reach the top shelf” — Villelen
· “You Don’t Need to Be So Short With Me” — Matthew K Johnson

Honorable mentions:
· “But can slightly retarded be sexy?” — Virginia Wood
· “If she were fully retarded, she’d be banging all the unsexy midgets.” — AJ
· “So all those internet porn sites are wrong?” — Graz
· “The Sexy Ones Wouldn’t Want to Sleep with you Anyway” — Ian
· “The new MMILF: Mental Midgets I’d Like to F***” — Peter Parker

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Wednesdays Are Profoundly One-Linered

Yankees fan to Mets friends: When we go to the Yankees stadium I’ll be like a retard at a Chuck E. Cheese.

–Shea Stadium

Overheard by: Danial

Police officer in van, on loudspeaker: Move to the right! (people in cars ignore the order) Retards! You heard me! Move to the right!

–27th St & 10th Ave

Crazy guy, ranting: You can’t have sex with people who aren’t retarded because they charge too damn much!

–V Train

Overheard by: Ryan P.

Guy to girl: I never said that I wasn’t retarded. Technically, I’m not a hypocrite.

–L Train

Overheard by: Julia

Heavily made-up girl: Do you think retarded people are, like, conceptually aware that they’re retarded?

–6 Train

Overheard by: You tell me

Girl: The idea of a retarded Jack Russell Terrier is completely foreign to me, because as I recall, Wishbone was exceptionally well-read.

–Columbia University

People Who Shouldn’t Go to Japan

Average Joe: Short people are insufferable!
Shorter friend: Tell me about it!

–Bleecker St & Carmine St

Overheard by: Lezbotron

Headline by: Jane

Runners-Up:
· “…And They Have Limited Vocabularies and Will Agree With Anything” — Bob
· “I Thought I Just Did.” — Katie
· “That Scene From “The Wizard Of Oz” Was Like Hell on Earth!” — space coyote
· “To Be Fair, He Did Reply in That High-Pitched Cackle” — Kenneth
· “Tom Cruise Is Refreshingly Self-Aware” — Meg

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Wednesday One-liners

A chick pushing an old woman in a wheelchair says: Just let me know when you get tired of walking.

–59th & 3rd

Overheard by: Christopher 

Queer: I can’t believe she said I was a liar. Sure I make random stuff up, but I’m not a liar.

–West 4th & broadway

Overheard by: MrRobinson 

Hobo: All right fine, you win, I guess I do wish they were shitty pilots.

–6th Avenue & 9th Street