Wednesday One-Minors

Two-year-old, pointing to Citibank: That's my bank!

–7th Ave & President St, Park Slope

Overheard by: But who's your insurance carrier?

Nine-year old boy on cell: Well, you know what? Fuck you! I'm going home! (slams cell shut and begins strutting across parking lot)

–Parking Lot, Staten Island Mall

Overheard by: WTF????

Ten-year-old girl in bathing suit to seven-year-old girl: Stop touching my ass. Whore!

–Park, Astoria

Little girl to group of little girls: Raise your hand if you're allergic to penicillin!

–R Train

Overheard by: cole

Little girl to friends, pointing at platform: That's where hobos live!

–4 Train

Overheard by: Jesus Jon

Three-year-old boy, eating hamburger: Cock cock cock cock!

–Madison Square Park

Overheard by: Alexis from Texas

Kid in cart at end of dairy aisle as man he came in with goes down aisle: Ssomeone's gonna take me! Someone's take me!

–Stop & Shop, Kingsbridge, Bronx

Overheard by: Krisztina

Posted on January 2, 2015
All Wednesday One-Liners, Ass, Astoria, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Friends, Health and Hygiene, Home, Sweet Home, Homeless, Insults, Kids, Malls, Money & Class, On Cell, On the Subway, One-liners, Park Slope, Parks, Penis, Staten Island, Street, Stupidity, The Bronx, Wednesday One-Liners, Weirdness

Is There a “Ctrl Z”?

(teen #1 presses the 26th floor button. Teen #2 presses 21-25th floors for fun)
Teen #1: Dude, what the hell did you do that for?! You're an idiot, I hope you fall off my roof and die!
(pause)
Teen #3, seriously: Can we unpress it?

–Elevator, Bay Ridge

Posted on January 2, 2015
Accidents, Brooklyn, Death, Insults, Stupidity, Teens, Wishes & desires

Spoken Like Someone Who’s Never Read This Site

Suit #1: Gee, I really want a turkey sandwich.
Suit #2: Well, I suppose we could stop at the bread factory.
Hobo: You’re both queer!
Suit #2: How disenchanting.

–55th & 8th

Overheard by: Conrad

Posted on January 1, 2015
Hobos, Insults, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Suits

Especially with Your Hand in My Pants

Ice queen: She a ho. She be, like, talkin’ to mad guys and whatever, and she had sex with all six of those brothers.
Sensible girl, after long pause: Who are you to be calling anyone a ho?

–A train, Jay St

Posted on December 29, 2014
Friends, Insults, On the Subway

I Find That Lying Usually Ends Up Hurting People.

Heavyset guy: Hey, I don't mind telling you. I'm a psychopath. I don't give a fuck about people.
Woman in wheelchair-scooter: Mm-hmm. Oh, I know.
Heavyset guy: Yeah, I just I don't give a fuck. I'll be a psychopath till the day I die, and I don't even care. I'm not gonna lie about it.

–Lenox & 129th

Posted on December 29, 2014
Assholes, Crazy, Harlem & Morningside Heights, Insults, Lies, Violence, Wheelbos

You're on Park Avenue, Motherfucker!

Guy walking St. Bernard: Watch where you swing that fucking cigarette!
Young hipster: Upscale yuppie!
Guy: You say that like it's a bad thing.

–18th & Park Ave

Overheard by: Class Warmonger

Posted on December 28, 2014
Guys, Hipsters, Insults, Murray Hill and Gramercy, Smoking

So I Can Totally Identify

(at an academic conference on Renaissance aesthetics)
Student #1: You know it's gonna be good when all the speakers are British.
Student #2: Pretty sure they're Australian.
Student #1: Oh… Posers!

–Gallatin Building, NYU

Overheard by: harker

Posted on December 27, 2014
Compare/Contrast, Default, Global Geography, Insults, NYU, Students, Washington Square Park

But It Was a Condition of Going on Elimidate

Young guy: Well, I called her a ho, but I didn't mean it.
Young girl: But she was your date!

–14th St & 7th Ave

Posted on December 26, 2014
Dating, Default, Girls, Guys, Insults, Weirdness, West Village, Words

NYC Public Bathrooms Are Multi-Multi-Purpose Spaces

Man in bathroom stall to old Chinese man persistently knocking on his door: Look, I only got in here just now. Stop knocking! I'm gonna learn Chinese just to tell you how it is.
Man using urinal: Don't be hatin'.
Man in bathroom stall: Don't be stupid!

–Columbus Park

Posted on December 26, 2014
Chinese, Insults, Language Barrier, Men, Stupidity, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center

Insults

I'm Talking Pledge-to-America Crazy