Wednesday One-Liners Still Can’t Get Over Joey Picking Pacey (That Dumb Bitch)

Girl on cell: We got Chinese cable because it was cheaper than the cheap cable…Yeah, it’s all in Chinese…Whatever. As long as I watch things that I’ve already seen, I don’t need to actually know what they’re saying.

–N train, Astoria

Queer, on cell: Have you seen Victoria’s boyfriend lately? He looks great. She’s better than Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.

–Eckerd, Astoria

Mother, to kids: Sorry we just missed the fireworks, guys. It’s okay, though. I TiVoed it at home just in case.

–79th St entrance, FDR

Tourist, after eagerly struggling for camera air-time: You know what, Ma, I don’t think we’re gonna be able to watch this — it only airs today.

–Taping of the Today Show, Rockefeller Center

Overheard by: Stephen and Allison

Girl: Well, today they had a woman who was born a man who married a man who was born a woman, so don’t shit on Maury Povich!

–New York Public Library

Overheard by: Actually READING at the Library

Guy: Sweet Sixteen? That show makes me understand terrorism.

–114th & Broadway

Posted on January 4, 2016
All Wednesday One-Liners, Astoria, Celebrities, D-List, Fashion, Girls, Harlem & Morningside Heights, Kids, Language Barrier, Manhattan, Men, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Moms, Multiculturalism, Overheard Style, On Cell, On the Subway, Parents, People, Places, Pop Culture, Queens, Queers, Terrorism, Topics, Tourists, Trannies, TV, Women

Warning: Freedom Must Be Kept Refrigerated after Opening

Child #1, about strong fish smell: Yuck! What’s that smell?
Child #2: I smell freedom!

–Ferry near Statue of Liberty

Overheard by: Tom Jotkowitz

Posted on December 30, 2015
Kids, Madison Square Garden, Scents of the City, Statue of Liberty

The Camus Prequel Falls Short of the Original

Boy: Mom? Mom? Can I get this?
Mom: No.
Boy: I see you as a stranger now.

–Burlington Coat Factory, Atlantic Center Mall

Overheard by: Sara Kleipe

Posted on December 30, 2015
Brooklyn, Buildings, Kids, Moms, Shopping

Just a Little Bit Of Wednesday One-Liner Repeating

Mother to child in front of diorama of pilgrims and Native Americans: Well, that's because the Indians never met real people before.

–Museum of Natural History

Overheard by: Peter R.

Young girl, arriving through train tunnel at Grand Central Station: I wonder if Harriet Tubman is down here.

–Grand Central Station

Airhead: I think like… Colonialization is like… The umbrella theme of, like… Diplomacy.

–Pommes Frites

History teacher, about Andrew Jackson: He tight, he kill mad people, he buggin'.

–High School

Teacher, discussing Thomas Jefferson's mistress: You see, guys? History is exciting! It's full of sex!

–High School, Lower Manhattan

Overheard by: SzN31

Posted on December 27, 2015
All Wednesday One-Liners, Classroom, Compare/Contrast, Fast Times at New York High, Girls, Grand Central, History & Geography, Idiots, Kids, Lower Manhattan, Moms, Murder, Museum of Natural History, One-liners, Restaurants & Cafes, School and studying, Sex, Students, Stupidity, Teachers/Professors, Train Station, Wednesday One-Liners, Weirdness

Wait ‘Til He Sees a ‘Question Authority’ Sign

Little kid: What does this say? What does this say?
Nanny holding a card: It says right here, ‘Children must behave in here.’
Little kid: Oh man, this means that we have to behave now!

–Tea Lounge, Boerum Hill

Posted on December 26, 2015
Brooklyn, Kids, Lies

Before AD 1, It Was Burgers Or Nothing

Little girl: Mommy, look at the fishes!
Mother: You know where all these creatures come from?
Girl: Jesus?
Mother: You betcha.

–New York Aquarium, Coney Island

Overheard by: Swear I’m not listening…

Posted on December 21, 2015
Animals & Nature, Christians, Coney Island, Girls, God Squad, Jesus, Kids, Moms, Stupidity

Why Grandma and Her Ventilator Are Currently Sleeping on the Front Stoop

Six-year-old boy in voting booth with mother: Obama for president! Mommy, I want Obama to win!
Mother to son: You wouldn't be living under my roof if you didn't!

–Voting Booth, 22nd & 2nd

Overheard by: Casey Felago