Finally, Someone Defends the Black Guy

Crazy dude: Daffy Duck is my favorite character, but Walt Disney was an anti-Semite and I’m a Jew. I used to watch cartoons but someone stole my television.
Dude #2: Daffy Duck stole your television?
Crazy dude: No. Daffy Duck is my best friend.

–F train

Overheard by: Gunner

Posted on April 10, 2006
Animals & Nature, Friendship, Jews, Multiculturalism, Overheard Style, On the Subway, Stupidity, TV, Violence, We Love Our Pets

They’re Equally As Funny

Man #1: Yeah, so all comedians are Jewish. Jon Stewart, David Blaine–
Girl: He’s Jewish? God, I totally want to have sex with David Blaine.
Man #2: Do magicians count as comedians?

–B11 bus

Posted on April 7, 2006
About Celebrities, Jews, Jobs & Careers, On the Bus, Pop Culture, Religion, Sex, Sex & Relationships

He’s About Six Million Short

Guy #1: You should feel honored to live in New Jersey.
Guy #2: I like living in Jersey. It just really sucks commuting here every day.
Guy #1: It’s like the Jews being kosher. It’s the price you pay for being chosen.

–12th & 5th

Posted on April 3, 2006
Anger Management, Crime and Punishment, Jews, Manhattan, The Village, Travel

The Sphinx’ Other Riddle

Ghetto guy #1: You got a Hasidic for a boss? Ha, ha, ha.
Ghetto guy #2: Yeah, that guy is cheap.
Ghetto guy #1: Yo. They got all the dough. All the dough…Dude wear the same clothes every day!
Ghetto guy #2: Ha, ha, ha. Yo, that motherfucker is cheap.
Ghetto guy #1: Same clothes, man. You got the little boy shit, the teenager shit, then the man shit. Three sets of clothes for the entire life. They got all the dough.

–Verb, Williamsburg

Overheard by: Jarrah TG

Posted on April 2, 2006
Anger Management, Brooklyn, Fashion, Jews, Money & Class, Multiculturalism, Overheard Style, Thugs, Williamsburg

Wednesday One-liners Read Vogue

Girl: Did you see those capris? They looked like the girl had her vagina on sideways!

–Windsor Terrace

Posted on March 29, 2006
Body Parts, Brooklyn, Fashion, Ghetto Chicks, Harlem & Morningside Heights, Jews, Jobs & Careers, Manhattan, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Money & Class, Old People, On the Subway, One-liners, Shopping, Stupidity, The Bronx, The Village, Times Square, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center, Vendors & Street Performers

Think Chaim Pocket

Tourist dude: What’s a…knish?
Tourist chick: I think it’s like…a Hot Pocket?

–42nd & Park

Overheard by: JayBee

Posted on March 27, 2006
Food, Jews, Manhattan, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Stupidity, Tourists

The Proverbial Woman Who Wears the Pants

Yarmulke guy #1: Well, I mean, like for me one of the biggest issues was religiosity.
Yarmulke guy #2: So, was she more or less than you?
Yarmulke guy #1: Much less.
Yarmulke guy #2: Yeah?
Yarmulke guy #1: Let me just put it this way: two days after we broke up she was wearing pants.

–1 train

Posted on March 23, 2006
Breaking Up, Fashion, Jews, On the Subway, Relationships, Religion, Sex & Relationships

How Was Your St. Paddy’s Day, New York?

Hobo: Spare some change for the leprechaun? I just need four dollars to get back over the rainbow.

–1 train

Posted on March 20, 2006
Anger Management, Body Parts, Brooklyn, Celebrities Overheard, Drinking & Drunk People, Hobos, Jews, Manhattan, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, On Cell, On the Subway, Pick-up Lines, Sex, Sex & Relationships, Stupidity, Teens, The Village, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center

The Buddhist Guys Are Too Fat

Girl #1: You should date the Jew; he would take you out to dinner and then they bone you.
Girl #2: Oh, as opposed to the Catholic ones that we just bone and skip dinner altogether?

–3rd Avenue & 10th Street

Posted on March 18, 2006
Brooklyn, Dating, Jews, Relationships, Sex & Relationships, Stupidity