Night Train, Thunderbird and Wednesday One-Liners

Crazy hobo with guitar to stranger: Damn… you invited a lot of people.

–1 Train

Hobo to young married couple: I have found the promised land. Seriously. I'd get a plane ticket right now, but it'd be cheaper to go to confession for a week and then get hit by a bus. Remind me to tell you about this later.

–Times Square

Overheard by: Oliver

Grimy hobo: Hey, do you guys have any change? Hey, do you guys have any change?
(20-something girl walks past him, with businessman a few steps behind) Hey, do you guys want to have sex? Uh, I mean…

–W 3rd & Thompson

Hobo, taking donations to help the homeless, counting coins: 25…50…60… (grabs fistful of coins sticks in pocket) Tax rebate!

–Union Square

Posted on October 17, 2021
Accidents, All Wednesday One-Liners, Christianity, Couples, Crazies, Girls, Hobos, Homeless, Money & Class, On the Subway, One-liners, Panhandling, Pick-up Lines, Public Transportation, Sex, Strangers, Street, Suits, The Village, Thievery, Times Square, Travel, Union Square and East Village, Wednesday One-Liners, Weirdness, Wishes & desires

Would It Be Feasible for Me to Throw Myself in Front Of My Own Train?

Conductor: This is a Manhattan-bound number three train; next stop is Sutter avenue-Rutland road; stand clear of the closing doors please.
[Doors close and open again.]Conductor: Please do not block the doors, stand clear, please.
[Doors close and open again.]Conductor: Do not block the doors. Stand clear, please.
[Doors close and open again.]Conductor: For the last motherfucking time, do not block the fucking doors! I know you ghetto-ass niggas don’t care about school, but some people want to get the fuck to work! Stand clear!
[Doors close and open again.]Conductor: I can’t fucking take this shit.

–3 Train

Overheard by: Morel Farember

Posted on October 10, 2021
Anger Management, Compare/Contrast, Default, Etiquette, Insults, Offers and requests, On the Subway, Public Transportation, Race, Subway conductors, Words

Tongue Costs Extra

Hobo: Anyone have a $50 bill?…How ’bout you?
Chick: What?
Hobo: Are there any rich people on this train?
Chick: No.
Hobo: You like me? Wanna give me a kiss?

–6 train

Overheard by: S.D. & S.H.

Posted on October 8, 2021
Girls, Hobos, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, Money & Class, On the Subway, Sex & Relationships, Subway stations, platforms, etc.

Now Let's Get Slurpies!

Childish woman, after burping: I have burpies!
Older, grossed out woman: You said it, not me!
Childish woman: What?
Older, grossed out woman: You just told everyone you have herpes!
Childish woman: I don't have herpes! I have burpies!

–Q Train

Overheard by: Audrey

Posted on October 7, 2021
Etiquette, Farting & Burping, On the Subway, STDs, Women, Words

Now You Have to Schlep Out to Queens for That Sort of Entertainment

Chick: So what are the most dangerous places in New York these days?
Dude #1: I don’t know. Hell’s Kitchen used to be the worst.
Dude #2: What about Harlem?
Dude #1: I guess Harlem’s still bad, but it’s not like it used to be where everybody would be waiting around to stab lost white people.

–1 Train

Overheard by: Alex Remnick

Posted on October 2, 2021
Compare/Contrast, Default, Fears, Girls, Guys, NYC Geography, On the Subway, Questions, Race, Stab

Spicy Rock Always Ends Up Alone

Teen boy #1: Oh man, it was like an episode of I Love Lucy.
Teen boy #2: I love who?
Teen boy #1: Lucy. Oh man,you don’t know what I Love Lucy is? Bam! I ain’t your friend no more.

–Q train

Posted on September 30, 2021
Friendship, On the Subway, People, Places, Pop Culture, Teens, TV

Readers: Answer this Big Question

Guy on cell: What, you thought they were going to let fat people into the club?

–N train

Posted on September 24, 2021
Bars & Clubs, Fat People, Guys, On Cell, On the Subway, People, Places, Venues

Hitler Did Kinda Focus on That One Star, Though…

College kid #1: …and the astrologers are having to completely change their predictions because Pluto’s not a planet anymore.
College kid #2: That’s crazy.
Random guy: Don’t make fun of astrology. Hitler took astrology seriously. So did Ronald Reagan. And kings and queens.

–1 train, 116th St

Overheard by: bluekale
Headline by: wiggity

Runners-Up:
· “Actually, The Queens Only Follow the Movements of Uranus” – Johnny B
· “Astrologists Predict Random Man Wearing Jack Boots Will Disembowel 2 College Kids” – dante mcnasty
· “I Thought Ronald Reagan Got Rid of All the Queens” – C.J.
· “Just When I Had Heard That Stupidity Was in Retrograde…” – tm78
· “Nostradumbass Lives On” – kathy
· “Pluto Is Just a Mickey Mouse Planet” – Elliott Sperber
· “Taurus: Keep Your Wits About You, as True Love Is Around the Corner. Also, You Will Invade Poland.” – Jim C.
· “What Did You Think the Star Wars Program Was About?” – Tom Dorey

Click here to see the new Headline Contest

Posted on September 20, 2021
Advice, Columbia, Headline Contest Winners, Nazis, On the Subway, Politics, President, Stupidity

The Time Traveler is Genuinely Disoriented

Guy: You go ahead, take that seat.
Girl: No, that’s okay, I’m getting off soon.
Guy: So am I! Take it.
Hobo: What’s all this nicey-nice bullshit? Where are we, fucking Michigan? Fucking England?

–1 train

Overheard by: Emily Borgen

Posted on September 18, 2021
Compare/Contrast, Girls, Gripes, Guys, Hobos, Insults, NYC Geography, Offers and requests, On the Subway, Only in New York, Talking/Convos, U.S. Geography

…..But That Was Only Because I Drank Too Much Eggnog and Passed Out in a Puddle

Red-haired hipster: Yeah, I haven't bathed myself in a week, so today I took a shower.
Hipster chick: Yeah, last time I took a shower was on Christmas Eve. I guess I should bathe.

–L Train

Overheard by: every day bather

Headline by: antigoth

Runners-Up:
· “God, I Hope This Was Overheard on Christmas Day” – Vasyl
· “Jesus Would Want It That Way” – Nick Turner
· “On the Plus Side, I’ve Driven All Of the Roaches Out Of My Apartment” – Kelly
· “Robert Pattinson’s Dream Girls” – John
· “Smells Like…. Teen Spirit?” – rose
· “Wait, Do Golden Showers Count?” – Trey Jackson
· “Why Is There an Echo on This Train?” – Scott Easton
· “Why You Never See Hipster Babies…” – Ray

Click here to see the new Headline Contest

Posted on September 12, 2021
Cleanliness, Headline Contest Winners, Hipsters, On the Subway, Time, Weirdness

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