Take Wednesday One-Liners and Call Me in the Morning

Dude on cell: I have meningitis! I have SARS! (several people look at him in concern) That's what you tell them! Just get out of doing it somehow!

–Amtrak Train, Penn Station

Overheard by: Momentarily Panicked

Irate old lady on cell: What are you talking about? She's supposed to be taking the train. (pause) What? The flu? Tell her to shove it up, I'm getting really sick of this. What kind of flu? Does she have diarrhea? A fever? Is she sneezing, coughing?

–W 66th St

Overheard by: Susan Volchok

Woman to husband: Deaf people can't hear.

–MoMA

Whiny preteen: Mom, I have diabetes. I'm not even playing around right now–I have diabetes.

–Marquis Theatre

Overheard by: Just here to see the show…

Girl on phone: I don't think I have rabies…do you think I have rabies?

–Columbia University

Dunkin' Donuts employee, sneezing near donuts, to customer: Don't worry, I work better when I'm sick.

–Dunkin' Donuts

Posted on April 1, 2009
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But That's on Purpose.

Old lady being pushed into the train: Young man, you are crushing my package.
Young man: Lady, you're crushing my package, too.

–1 Train

Posted on March 31, 2009
Comebacks, Compare/Contrast, Men, Old People, Private Parts, Women

Texas: 1 New York City: 2,930,987

Old lady to young man helping her carry heavy bags: What a nice gentleman! Thank you!
Young man: I am not from here. If you go to Texas, you would not have to carry bags anymore!

–Midtown

Overheard by: SH

Posted on March 24, 2009
Compare/Contrast, Men, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Old People, Only in New York, Street, Women

What About Hamburger Helper, Smart Guy?

Old man #1: You've seen that guy at the deli. You see behind the counter? The guy's only wearing one glove. Now you can't do all your work with one hand, can you? The lord gave you two for a reason.
Old man #2: Only one man can do magic with one glove. That's Michael Jackson.
Old man #1: And his magic done run out.

–M10 Bus

Overheard by: Alexandra

Posted on March 16, 2009
Body Parts, Clothing, God, Magic, Music, Old People, On the Bus

But I'll Buy You 200 Pounds Of Meat If You'll Eat It All

Older man: Oh, really?
Younger, athletic man: Yeah, yeah. It works. You know, you…your body type, you want to eat meat. You know, for every pound you weigh, you should eat a pound of meat a day.
Older man: You're an idiot.

–92nd & Central Park West

Overheard by: P. Marino

Posted on March 14, 2009
Advice, Diet/Weight, Food, Men, Old People, Stupidity, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center, Wishes & desires

You Do Have to Wonder When All the Nurses Are Carrying Scythes

Older woman: I don't trust New York hospitals. They killed my mother.
Younger woman: Really?
Older woman: They killed my friend's mother. It was horrible.

–Hoyt-Schermerhorn Station

Posted on March 12, 2009
Medicine, Murder, Old People, Parents, Subway stations, platforms, etc., Women

Wednesday One-Liners for Ann Coulter

Old guy on phone: All I've done is live in a bitchy bitchy bitchy world.

–LIRR

Overheard by: Danielle

Ghetto guy to another: A bitch in a wheelchair can still suck a dick!

–25th St & 6th Ave

Wife to husband: You do the thinkin', I'll do the bitchin'.

–84th & 2nd

Overheard by: Val

Male scrub nurse: Yeah, he's in that bitch right now. (female scrub nurse looks shocked, male scrub nurse wiggles fingers on both hands) Yeah, he's in there.

–Mount Sinai Hospital

Overheard by: and by

Thug to friend: Yeah my homegirl…she's a slutty bitch, but she's good people.

–Q Train

Posted on March 11, 2009
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It's Better Than The Da Vinci Code

Young man in line for ticket machine to old man walking away with no ticket: Is the machine broken?
Old man (seriously): No, I was just reading the screen.

–Penn Station

Overheard by: Hilariter

Posted on March 1, 2009
Old People, Penn Station, Public Transportation, Questions, Strangers, Weirdness

Wednesday One-Liners Are a Lot to Swallow

Suit on cell: I've already had a blow job tonight so I don't really care what happens.

–7th St & Ave A

Overheard by: Karmenlara Seidman

Lady suit to other: What about 1994? I haven't sucked cock or watched ice hockey since 1994!

–Lion's Head, 109th & Amsterdam

Overheard by: A great man

Toothless thug: And now she wants an award for sucking my dick.

–7th Ave & 16th St

Overheard by: mattamore

Guy on cell: Look, I'm about to get on the train and lose signal so I'll sum up my argument: until I can pull out my dick and get a blowjob from any woman I want, my grudge against feminists stands. No, I don't care if it doesn't make sense. Fuck you, I'm getting on the train!

–Penn Station

Old woman to husband: Now isn't she the girl who gave him head in the Port Authority bathroom?

–Bench, Washington Square Park

Overheard by: Horrified

Girl to two hipster friends with yoga mats: Oh my god, he had to stop me while I was sucking on his dick just to tell me he likes me. Like why? Ew, why would he bother?

–Avenue B & 13th

Posted on February 25, 2009
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Spontaneous Mailing-List Orgasms Are Common in Manhattan

Clipboard guy: Would you like to sign up for our mailing list?
Old man: Uh…uh… I…uh…uh.
Clipboard guy: You don't have to.

–Wings Theatre

Overheard by: Daniel

Posted on February 23, 2009
Guys, Internet, Offers and requests, Old People, Theater, Weirdness

Old People