Wednesday One-Liners–No Apologies Necessary

Suit on cell: I swear, I’m going to make her the sorriest crippled girl in New York.

–Avenue C

Hipster on iPhone: Hello? I’m sorry. I can’t hear you–I have an iPhone.

–6th & 27th

Hipster girl to out-of-town friend: Sorry about the smell, this area just recently gentrified.

–Orchard Street b/w Broome & Grand

Loud, drunk, British girl to boyfriend: We don’t know each other’s minds -we can’t read each other’s minds! So when you do something I don’t like and I tell you and then later you do something I don’t like and I tell you again… Well that’s two sorries in one day! And "sorry" is just a word, but you’re learning about me! About my mind.

–Broadway & Waverly

Overheard by: rpk

Woman on cell: Oh sorry, I have to go. Remember that woman that got pregnant by a bear? Yeah, I just ran into her.

–Astor Place

Dominican to friend: And just wait until I tell them all he’s Dominican… he’ll really be sorry then!

–5th Ave, near Empire State Building

Overheard by: Rich Mintz

Posted on February 10, 2015
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Chosen for What, Is the Question

Teen girl #1: Yeah, so being Jewish is worlds of fun. We are better than everyone else.
Teen girl #2: I want to be Jewish!
Mom of girl #1: Sorry, honey, we are the chosen people.
Queer passerby: Not with that nose, honey.

–19th & 5th

Posted on February 4, 2015
Body Parts, Jews, Judaism, Moms, Murray Hill and Gramercy, Queer guys, Teens

It’ll Be Just Like Playing Cat’s Cradle

Tween girl #1: I don’t understand why anyone would be pro-life.
Tween girl #2: Yeah, I’m gonna get my tubes tied once I’m old enough.

–16th & 2nd

Overheard by: alex duncan

Posted on February 2, 2015
Abortion, Body Parts, Girls, Health and Hygiene, Manhattan, Murray Hill and Gramercy, People, Places, Politics, Pregnancy & Birth Control, Topics, Tweens

So It’s Not “Punani”?

Girl #1: What’s the plural of “panini”?
Girl #2: It’s just “panini” … Like goose.

–28th & 2nd

Posted on January 29, 2015
Compare/Contrast, Default, Education, Girls, Languages, Murray Hill and Gramercy, Questions, Street, Stupidity, Words

Modern Romance (Sponsored by Sprint)

Woman on cell: I’m here now, where are you?
Man on cell: Right in front of you.

–Shake Shack, Madison Square Park

Posted on January 28, 2015
Murray Hill and Gramercy, On Cell, Parks, Stupidity

They Come in Black, Right?

Metrosexual guy: Oh, there were babies everywhere in there.
JAP #1: I know, babies are so trendy!
JAP #2: I have to get one.

–Outside Anthropology, 5th Ave

Overheard by: population control

Posted on January 25, 2015
Babies, Default, Guys, JAPs, Metrosexuals, Murray Hill and Gramercy, Stupidity, Wishes & desires

Worth Waiting for the Post-Game Recap

Suit #1: So, when are you meeting him downtown?
Suit #2: I don’t know. It depends on when he gets done having sex with Gabrielle.
Suit #1: That doesn’t sound too bad!

–32nd St

Posted on January 23, 2015
Default, Murray Hill and Gramercy, NYC Geography, Questions, Sex & Relationships, Suits, Time

The Gospel According to Johanna

Preppy girl: He was nice — really successful, owns his own apartment… I just wasn’t into him. He kept trying to hook up and I just wanted to be left alone. He proceeded to jerk off into his pajama pants. Oh, and by the way, it took about 40 seconds. I didn’t even have enough time to react. He then rolled over and went to sleep in it! The worst part is that he’s still calling me. Hello, buddy — you jerked off into your own pants and slept in your own cum. Yeah, we’re not gonna work.
Guy friend: That’s awesome! Who can I tell next?

–47th & Lex

Posted on January 22, 2015
Clothing, Cum, Dating, Friends, Masturbation, Murray Hill and Gramercy, Preppies

Not to Knight Rider's KITT

Little girl, as car alarm goes off when she passes by: What was that?
Older sister: Oh, don't worry, it was probably me.
Little girl: Psh! You're not that hot!

–26th St & 1st Ave

Overheard by: Lara

Posted on January 22, 2015
Comebacks, Kids, Murray Hill and Gramercy, Physical appearance, Sisters

Wednesday One-Liners Take Advantage Of Medicare While They Still Can

Blonde on cell: So it was either an ambulance or a taqueria.

–Times Square

Girl on cell: What? What!? Go to the hospital. Go to the hospital! Please. Why? Because when you get stabbed you go to the hospital, you don’t go and lay down.

–Jersey Transit

Thug, in a rush: Look, I don’t give a fuck! I just want Medicaid!

–13th & 3rd

Disgruntled male gynecologist: We’re the bastard stepchildren of the surgery world. General surgeons barely think we’re human. "Oh, don’t get up, it’s just a gynecologist." I could have been a general surgeon, a plastic surgeon, a dentist, a lawyer… I’d be making more money, too. My brother’s cat needed a caesarian section and the vet got paid more than I get paid to do a caesarian section!

–Gynecology Office, 32nd & Madison

Overheard by: Rose Fox

Girl on cell: I told you I was sick and needed to go to the doctor’s! I can’t even swallow! I tried food, water and liquids!

–Penn Station

Overheard by: Ross

Chick in scrubs (lighting cigarette) to friend in scrubs: My heart rate won’t go down!

–113th & Amsterdam

Overheard by: McFreaky

Posted on January 19, 2015
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