Headline Contest Winners

One Nation, Under the Crown

Australian guy: Hey there, mate! I was just wondering if you were hiring staff.
Irish bar man: Yeah, we are, but you will have to speak with the boss. He is gonna be back in about 10 minutes. Do you have any experience?
Australian guy: Well, yeah, I’ve been doin’ this for about three years back home in Sydney.
Irish bar man: That’s great… Sure, I’ll put in a good word for you. I’m getting sick of all the foreigners that they keep hiring.

Headline by: Barry Negrin

Runners-Up:

· “52-Across: “Foreigners” Ans: N-O-N-W-H-I-T-E” – Eddie

· “Between the Long Islanders and the Brooklynites, this place is going to hell” – M.dubz

· “I only hear in black and white” – h

· “I’ll have a shot of contradiction with an irony backer” – LN

· “It’s getting so hard to find people who speak American.” – Noh

· “See? Even THEY Can’t Tell Their Accents Apart!” – Jatmos

· “Will the last American to leave NYC please remember to bring the flag?” – Beth

· “You should have seen this Injun that came in yesterday” – trainedmonkey


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If They Were Designer Genital Warts, I’d Reconsider…

Chick #1: What’s wrong, sweetie?
Chick #2: Well, for the past few weeks I’ve had… [lowers voice] genital warts.
Chick #1: Oh my god, sweetie. I’m so sorry. [Goes to hug friend, then stops] Oh, wait. We probably shouldn’t touch.

–Knockoff purse stall, Chinatown

Overheard by: Kelly

Headline by: Mike Chmiel

Runners-Up:

· “Don’t worry – circle, circle, dot, dot takes care of everything” – Melissa

· “I probably shouldn’t be sleeping with your boyfriend either.” – Rachel

· “Or we could just not hug with our vaginas” – Matt

· “We also should avoid rubbing our genitals on the same doorknob” – Mdan


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Damn, Son, I Was Born Goin’ Down

Suit #1: I mean, it was crazy — first this lady has a kid in the elevator, and then about a week later, another lady’s water breaks in the same elevator.
Suit #2: I would have hated to be the guy to mop that up.
Suit #1: That elevator shaft is like a friggin’ fallopian tube!

–2 train

Overheard by: Paul

Headline by: dank

Runners-Up:

· “And Park Slope Is Like a Cum-Soaked Uterus” – t.a.m.s.y.

· “At least it’s not menstruating like that elevator in The Shining” – Chris

· “In Similar News, The Lobby Stairwell is Closed for Yeast Infection Maintenance” – Maeve K

· “P.C. Pimps Don’t Push ‘Em Down The Stairs Anymore” – elrobinder

· “Push! Push! No, push the BUTTON!” – Julia

· “The Fertile Ascent” – Benzero

· “The Pussyseidon Adventure- 2006” – smscpw

· “The elevator is still better than having to make small talk with the guy who performs abortions in the stairwell” – Raden Mutter

· “Where do you stand on partial-floor evacuations?” – Kevin Perry


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Michelangelo Always Was Too Sensitive About David.

Guy #1: Oh yeah, let’s all take a picture of the big fucking stone thing because it’s really old!
Arsty guy: Shut up, asshole.

–the met

Headline by: Eddie

Runners-Up:
· “Geologically Speaking, It’s a Young Fucking Stone Thing.” – Peter Manther
· “Hmmm, Maybe I Shouldn’t Have Stabbed My Etiquette Coach” – Jimmy
· “Mick Visits the Met” – bb
· “No One Likes Sightseeing With Frank Gehry Anymore” – Jeff`
· “She Was Awesome in Basic Instinct” – Craig should be working
· “Why Flashes Are Not Allowed at Rolling Acres Assisted Living.” – Karl

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Like I said, ‘Look! It’s Daryl Hannah!’

Teenage tourist, pointing: Mom, look! It’s Daryl Hannah!
Mom: Honey, that’s not Daryl Hannah. That’s one of those transgender people.

–Downtown 6 train, 77th St

Overheard by: Anne
Headline by: pontiac

Runners-Up:
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“As I Always Say, ‘If You Can’t Tell, It Doesn’t Matter.'” – Dave
· “Must Be Nicolette Sheridan’s Day Off.” – seamus
· “Not to Mention She’s still Tied to a Walnut Tree in LA” – Liz!
· “Perhaps the Blade Runner Left an Angry Inch” – megs
· “So That’s Where She Went.” – Eamon Stimson
· “Technically, They’re Both Right” – Wes Mantooth
· “Tom Hanks Thought It Was a Fish Tail.” -peter
· “Who Says ‘Ambiguous’ Isn’t a Classic Look?” –
Dame Droiture

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…That Drive Pink Convertables and Have the Genitalia of a Eunuch!

20-something girl: I don't believe in foundation makeup.
50-something woman: Really?
20-something girl: I used to wear it a long time ago, when I was younger, but it makes you look so fake, like a doll…which is stupid because we're people!

–Madison Square Park

Headline by: Skipper

Runners-Up:
· “…And That’s When I Dropped Out Of Clown School.” – Danny the Mullins
· “Barbie’s Infiltration Plan Is Working” – Natalie
· “Besides, The Tips at the Carnival Were Totally Not Cutting It” – Dave
· “Britney Tries Her Hand at Philosophy” – Fresca P.
· “Excerpts from the Human Tissue-Silicone Ratio Debate” – ty
· “I Also Refuse Parachutes; I Ain’t No Bird!” – Jeff
· “Max Factor Is…People!” – Chris

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Oh, Did I Say Single? I Meant Breathing

Creepy guy: Hey! Excuse me miss, are you single?
Woman: Umm… why?
Creepy guy: Well, I want to have an interaction with a single woman, but I don't wanna get involved if she has a man in her life.
Woman: Well, in that case, I'm not single.

–Q Train

Headline by: JR

Runners-Up:
· “And I’m Not Really a Woman Either” – NonQ-Train Rider
· “And Then He Resorted to Blasting Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” Everywhere He Went” – patticakes
· “How Accountants Get Married” – Safe
· “It’s Like Prom All Over Again” – lisha
· “Shockingly, This Didn’t End the Conversation” – mac
· “Too Bad, ‘Cause I’m Really an Eccentric Millionaire” – PeterG

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Funny, That's What #96B269 Said…..

Excited girlfriend: Hey, are these soap bars?
Disinterested boyfriend: I don't know, why don't you drop one and find out?

–Bath & Body Works

Headline by: Harriet

Runners-Up:
· “And Nine Months Later…” – Junior
· “Dating Ex-Cons Has Its Drawbacks” – Mike
· “Part Of Bloomberg’s “Clean Up the Village!” Program?” – Bobo D Clown
· “Prison Etiquette 101” – Kosi

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I Don't Care If She Has a Name. Now Make Me a Square Burger, Bitch

Dopey guy: She looks like that chick on the Wendy's commercials.
Less dopey guy: Um…you mean…Wendy?

–Drop Off Service, 13th & Ave A

Headline by: aileen

Runners-Up:
· “…AKA Pippi Longstocking’s Doppelgänger” – Deanna
· “No, Carrot Top” – johnnyb
· “She Has a NAME?!?!” – sizzle
· “Until Pippi Longstocking Wins Her Lawsuit, Yes” – Cat

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Jesus Never Was Popular at Temple

Little boy, in silent temple: Hey, Jews! [Five minutes later] Oh, man, I just farted!

–Queens

Overheard by: Mo and Mell

Headline by: haz

Runners-Up:
· “And Moses Said to the Israelities: Pull My Finger” – Luddite
· “Little Hitler’s First Attempt at Gassing Jews….” – Allison Brown-Hancock
· “The Day the Jews Told Jesus to Make His Own Religion” – Alice
· “Would a Gas Chamber Joke Be Over the Line?” – wilkeson

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