Wednesday Loves the Smell Of One-Liners' Hair

20-something suit on phone: Yeah, man. Just come over. We can spoon and talk about chicks and shit.

–Wall & Pearl

Overheard by: traceface

Thug to another: Those bitches be cuddlin' your wounds!

–42nd St

Hispanic woman on phone: Yeah, it's crazy snowin' outside. (pause) Uh-huh, yeah, you wanna cuddle. (pause) Hahaha, uh-oh! (pause) Uh-oh, spaghetti-o! (pause) Haha, no, you've already done that. (pause) Hahaha… You've done that already. I have to spin the other way now.. (pause) He he he, you're crazy. Hee heee. (pause) Well, you have a lovely day inside a warm place!

–Q Train

Overheard by: Em Allears

Crazy lady to herself: Does anyone wanna snuggle me for the hell of it? (five minutes later) Why are all these people here? Is it a workday? Cuz if it is, I'm going to get fired. I need a beer!

–G Train

Overheard by: LaughedOutLoud

Guy at cafe: I have pillows just for spooning.

–6th St & 2nd Ave

Posted on March 24, 2010
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Apparently Anything Goes at Fordham

Student #1: I only have one sock on right now because the top of my right foot keeps itching like crazy.
Student #2, sarcastically: Ohmigod, you're so edgy!

–Fordham University, Lincoln Center

Posted on March 23, 2010
Body Parts, Clothing, Fordham, Health and Hygiene, Students, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center

Some Good Clean Wednesday One-Liners

Chick: That guy ruined loofah-foreplay for an entire nation!

–113th St & Broadway

Overheard by: Ladle

Crazy guy riding on bike: Girl, I would looove to see your bathwater!

–7th & W23rd

Suit on cell: She has a bit of an upset stomach cause we've given her, like, a ton of baths.

–Whole Foods, Houston St

Overheard by: Percival Under Cover

Andre-the-giant-looking guy walking by, on cell: I have to sponge-bath myself down there. It's ridiculous.

–South Street Seaport

Overheard by: kosher dan

30-something suit: Some girls don't take showers… But that doesn't stop me from hittin' em.

–34th St

Overheard by: Kristen

Posted on March 17, 2010
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Wednesday One-Liners Look Good Enough to Eat

Boy: Ew! Honey and ass!?

–48th & 8th

Overheard by: urbanadventurer

Guy to friend: I felt like her eyes were going to eat my face.

–Bleecker & Charles

Overheard by: Jacob

40-something man to 20-something girl: I just wanna nibble your birthmark.

–5th Ave & 9th St

Guy against pillar: I'll suck your ass… If you want it.

–J Train

Posted on March 17, 2010
All Wednesday One-Liners, Ass, Body Parts, Boys, Food, Friends, Girls, Guys, Health and Hygiene, Licking, Men, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Offers and requests, On the Subway, One-liners, Physical appearance, Sensory Experiences, Union Square and East Village, Weirdness, West Village, Wishes & desires

Wednesday One-Liners' Prints and DNA Are on File

Man dressed in briefs, on Halloween, to policeman: I want you to arrest me! She didn't listen to me! I want you to arrest me right now!

–W 17th St

Overheard by: The Girl in Vintage Formal

Slightly buzzed 40-something man, in very loud hushed tone: I know your son is in jail! Isn't he?

–Mid-Manhattan Library

Man to another: They let him go because my daughter couldn't identify him. But now she got glasses.

–Ave B & 6th St

Overheard by: Miss V

Agitated man, yelling into cell: I don't love you. I hate you. I did ten years and got seven felonies for you.

–Brooklyn

Girl to another: So I wrote "we're being kidnapped' on a piece of paper and pressed it against the window.

–Famous Famiglia, 111th St & Broadway

Overheard by: Lucy

High school girl: That nigga just got *out* of jail. That reminds me, I need to go to Bushwick.

–Grand St & Bushwick Ave

Overheard by: rpk

Posted on March 17, 2010
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I'd Stay Upwind

Man to girl and friend: Excuse me, excuse me, are you New Yorkers?
Jersey girl, annoyed: No, I'm from Jersey, what do you want?
Man: I'm promoting a spa on 5th Avenue where you can get very clean.
Jersey girl, annoyed: No, I like being dirty. Goodbye!
(man looks surprised)
Girl's friend: She wasn't coming on to you. She means actually dirty.

–Penn Station

Posted on March 15, 2010
B & T, Cleanliness, Comebacks, Friends, Girls, Health and Hygiene, Men, Offers and requests, Penn Station, Questions, Words

…I Had a Big Lunch.

Fat black chick to random guy, rubbing and grabbing crotch: Mmm, come here baby, I washed it for ya.
Random guy: No, I don't want any of that.

–Penn Station

Posted on March 13, 2010
Biotechs, Black People, Cleanliness, Fat People, Girls, Health and Hygiene, Offers and requests, Penn Station, Strangers, Vagina, Wishes & desires

…I've Seen Your Nature Valley

Teen girl: I've got that thing where the inside of your nose smells like Nutri-Grain bars, you know?
Friend: Umm…
Teen girl: Don't pretend like you don't know what I'm talking about!

–9th Ave

Posted on March 13, 2010
Body Parts, Compare/Contrast, Food, Friends, Girls, Health and Hygiene, Sensory Experiences, Street, Teens

Do Wednesday One-Liners Make You Hot?

20-something guy dressed as Edward Cullen for Halloween: So anyway, I walk in, and they are both sitting there, playing with each other's erections…

–Bedford Ave & Berry St

Overheard by: Marie Miller Barnes

Ginger kid in audience, as photo of awkward Asian teen sticking banana in his mouth is projected on movie screen: I am definitely aroused.

–Tisch School of the Arts

Joggers to another: Raging hard-ons!

–Prospect Park, Brooklyn

Overheard by: Katie

20-something girl to another: How could he not go out with you? I mean, you gave him a boner at Relay For Life!

–Union Square

Overheard by: Becca

Posted on March 10, 2010
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How Was Your Martin Luther King Day, New York?

Nurse to Asian woman at free blood pressure screening: Ma'am, you need to get your high blood pressure checked out by a doctor.
Asian woman: No English.
Elderly black woman: I speak Chinese.
Nurse: Really?
Elderly black woman: Yeah. Ching-ching-ching!

–Harlem

Overheard by: LisaG

Posted on February 26, 2010
Advice, Asians, Black People, Harlem & Morningside Heights, Health and Hygiene, Language Barrier, Medicine, Nurses, Stupidity, Women

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