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
All Wednesday One-Liners, Alphabet City, Brooklyn, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Cops, Crime and Punishment, Family Ties, Girls, Health and Hygiene, Library, Love, Men, Offers and requests, On Cell, One-liners, Prison, Restaurants & Cafes, Street, Students, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center, Violence, Wednesday One-Liners, Weirdness, Wishes & desires, Words

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

…So It's Only Candy for You for the Rest Of the Day.

Little boy: Dad can I have ice cream?
Dad: No, you had french fries and cookies for lunch.

–95th St & Broadway

Overheard by: Mike Fazio

Posted on March 15, 2010
Dads, Food, Junk Food & Fast Food, Kids, Offers and requests, Parents, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center

…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

…Where You Get All Sticky Icky in Your Gooey Louie

Drunk woman: Want to share an ooey-gooey dessert?
Drunk man: If an ooey-gooey dessert is a hand job…

–Brasserie Jacques Restaurant

Posted on March 2, 2010
Drunks, Food, Hand-Jobs, Offers and requests, Restaurants & Cafes

Grandma Got Run Over by a Wednesday One-Liner

SUV driver to pedicab trying to make its way through the snow: Hey, buddy! I got a reindeer, ya wanna buy it?

–8th Ave & 48th St

Loud 13-year-old: Shut the fuck up, it's almost Christmas.

–B Train

Overheard by: Taylor

Middle-aged guy on cell: You'll never guess what I'm doing for Christmas. You'll never guess in a million years. (pause) Uhm, yeah, that's pretty close.

–8th Ave

Guy dressed in Santa costume on cell: Stop being such a weenie!

–Midtown

Angry little girl to older brother: If you don't let Santa out of our closet I will!

–Prospect Park

Overheard by: Taylor

Posted on February 24, 2010
All Wednesday One-Liners, Anger Management, Animals & Nature, Brooklyn, Brothers, Cabbies, Cars and Driving, Comebacks, Conductors, For Sale, Guys, Insults, Kids, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Offers and requests, On Cell, On the Subway, One-liners, Parks, Street, Teens, Time, Wednesday One-Liners, Weirdness

What Ever Happened to Good Old-fashioned Theft?

Customer: Um, can I get a discount on this coat?
Cashier: Is there anything wrong with it?
Customer: No, I just don't have a lot of money right now.

–Urban Outfitters, NoHo

Posted on February 12, 2010
Cashiers, Clothing, Customers, For Sale, Money & Class, Offers and requests, Shopping, Store, The Village

Wednesday One-Liners, Unfiltered

Social studies teacher: Sometimes this class just makes me want a cigarette and a stiff drink. To bad I don't smoke anymore. Well, cigarettes, at least.

–Hunter College High School

Girl to friend: What I really want right now is a whippit and two cigarettes.

–NYU Dorm

Subway girl: You know, he smokes a lot for being crippled.

–N Train

High school boy: You know Danny? He's been smoking since he was in second grade.

–Cold Stone Creamery

Overheard by: Kristina

Old lady to store owner: I just got out of the hospital. Can I have a lighter? A BIC one.

–Amsterdam & 88th St

Overheard by: Beez and Newb

Posted on February 10, 2010
All Wednesday One-Liners, Bosses, Drinking & Drunk People, Education, Elementary & Middle School, Friends, Girls, Handicaps, Health and Hygiene, Hunter, Medicine, NYU, Offers and requests, Old People, On the Subway, One-liners, Passengers, School and studying, Sensory Experiences, Smoking, Store, Street, Students, Teachers/Professors, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center, Wednesday One-Liners, Weed, Wishes & desires

Bait Like This Calls for a Bigger Fish

Comedy club guy: Are you ready to be dazzled by comedy?
Cute girl: Do I look like a fucking tourist to you?
Comedy club guy: Well, are you ready for a boyfriend then?
Cute girl: Maybe if you looked better.

–42nd St & Broadway

Posted on February 7, 2010
Beauty, Comebacks, Girls, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Offers and requests, Physical appearance, Theater & Dance, Tourism, Vendors & Street Performers

Or a Muzzle.

Daughter: Daddy, I want a cookie!
Father: I'll say yes if you ask for an apple instead. (pause) Or a Brussels sprout.
Daughter: Ahhhhh!

–115th St & Broadway

Overheard by: Special K

Posted on February 6, 2010
Dads, Fears, Food, Fruit, Harlem & Morningside Heights, Kids, Offers and requests, Parents, Wishes & desires

Offers and requests