On Cell

The NYC Sights of Wednesday One-liners

Suit on cell: Why would I lie to you? When have I ever lied to you? Listen, you and I both know there are “no nice little neighborhoods” in Queens!

–11th Street & 4th Avenue

Overheard by: jayKayEss

Posted on March 29, 2006
Brooklyn, Central Park, Manhattan, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, NYC Geography, Old People, On Cell, On the Bus, On the Subway, One-liners, Queens, Suits, The Village, Times Square, Tourist Attractions, Travel, Venues, Wall Street, TriBeCa, South Street Seaport

Wednesday One-liners Count Calories

Woman on cell: Caviar? Nigga, ain’t no caviar in Harlem.

–57th & 8th

Posted on March 29, 2006
Brooklyn, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Chinatown, Food, Hobos, Manhattan, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Money & Class, Murray Hill and Gramercy, On Cell, On the Subway, One-liners, Queers, Sex, Sex & Relationships, Teens, The Village, Upper East Side, Washington Heights and Inwood, Williamsburg

Wednesday One-liners Love Their Mommy

Woman: Well, he should just get over it. Who doesn’t have a mother who died?

–MOMA cafeteria

Overheard by: Deborah Freeman

Posted on March 29, 2006
Arts & Letters, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Crime and Punishment, Death, Health and Hygiene, Hobos, Manhattan, Marriage, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, More museums, On Cell, On the Subway, One-liners, Parents, Pick-up Lines, Poop, Pregnancy & Birth Control, Relationships, Restaurants & Cafes, Sex & Relationships, Should've Used a Condom, Stupidity, Union Square and East Village, Upper East Side, Violence

Wednesday One-liners Turn Up the Radio

Tween girl: The thing most people don’t get about techno is, it’s so emotional.

–76th & 2nd

Overheard by: Rachel

Posted on March 29, 2006
About Celebrities, Brooklyn, Central Park, Health and Hygiene, Hobos, JAPs, Manhattan, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Music, On Cell, On the Subway, One-liners, Parents, Pop Culture, Restaurants & Cafes, STDs, Subway conductors, Teens, The Bronx, Times Square, Union Square and East Village, Upper East Side

Wednesday One-liners Flick the Clicker

Chick: She’s like a human Muppet…But not sexually.

–Bleecker & Sullivan

Overheard by: John Auld

Posted on March 29, 2006
Brooklyn, College, Columbia (& Barnard), Harlem & Morningside Heights, Manhattan, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Old People, On Cell, One-liners, Pop Culture, Sex, Sex & Relationships, The Village, TV, Union Square and East Village, Upper East Side

Your Apartment Called…

Drunk guy on cell: Hello?
Lady on speaker: Larry, where are you? When are you coming home?
Drunk guy on cell: Who’s this?

–Russian Vodka Room, West 52nd Street

Posted on March 25, 2006
Bars & Clubs, Drinking & Drunk People, Manhattan, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, On Cell, Relationships, Sex & Relationships, Stupidity

Wednesday One-liners Sit on the Throne

Woman on cell: Hold on, I have to juggle, I’m pushing a stroller, walking the dog and holding a big bag of poop.

–189th & Broadway

Posted on March 22, 2006
Arts & Letters, Astoria, Brooklyn, Crazies, Drinking & Drunk People, Harlem & Morningside Heights, Manhattan, More museums, On Cell, On the Subway, One-liners, Parents, Poop, Queens, Retail Therapy, Should've Used a Condom, Stall Spies, Teens, Union Square and East Village, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center

Wednesday One-liners Are for Boobs

Drunk girl: What kind of guys do you like?…What kind of guys do you like? I like guys with big tits.

–2nd Avenue & 11th Street

Overheard by: vegantoast

Posted on March 22, 2006
Body Parts, Brooklyn, Drinking & Drunk People, Fashion, Food, Junk Food & Fast Food, Manhattan, On Cell, On the Bus, One-liners, Parents, Park Slope, Poop, Queens, Sex, Sex & Relationships, The Village, Union Square and East Village, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center

Wednesday One-liners Are on the Other Line

Construction guy: Well, she didn’t sound Chinese over the phone.

–Fulton & William

Posted on March 22, 2006
Asians, Brooklyn, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Dating, Etiquette, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Masturbation, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, On Cell, On the Bus, One-liners, Parents, Relationships, Restaurants & Cafes, Retail Therapy, Sex, Sex & Relationships, Stupidity, Trains Not Subway, Union Square and East Village, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center

Wednesday One-liners Still Like Jesse

Guy: Did you see that woman? She looked at us like she’d never seen a black man before.

–NYU College of Dentistry elevator, East 24th Street

Posted on March 22, 2006
Asians, Brooklyn, College, Drinking & Drunk People, Elevators, Etiquette, Manhattan, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Multiculturalism, Overheard Style, National Security, NYU, On Cell, On the Subway, One-liners, Religion, Stupidity, The Village, Upper East Side