One-liners

Woman on cell: First I had to see all of those girls I know with their perfect boyfriends, reminding me I’m single! Now I’m in the Village, and all these gays guys are out with their hot boyfriends, reminding me I’m single. I can’t take it anymore, Ma!

–Christopher & Bleecker

Woman: You know how the Germans continue to punish the Jews? They date them.

–6th St & 2nd Ave

Conductor: To all the men on the train, Happy Father’s Day. And to all the ladies on the train who wear two hats, Happy Father’s Day to you, too.

–1 train

Overheard by: Eli Feldblum

Hootchie: A-Rod’s so hot. Do you see the lips on him? Jeter’s so hot. Tino was the hottest of them all. Even that Knoblauch was cute, remember him? Hell, I’d sleep with any of the Yankees. But you know, I’d draw the line at Yogi Berra.

–Yankee Stadium

Mom: You see? You almost hit that nice lady. Then she would have sued you and took all your PlayStation games

–N 12th & Bedford, Williamsburg

Overheard by: sonibug13

Mom: No, Cyrus! Don’t touch that! You have ringworm!

–Post office, Upper West Side

Tux: You know my ex-boyfriend, right? Come on, you remember him. His sister was in jail with Amy Fisher?

–Therapy, 52nd & 9th

Tux: Stop singing Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. That’s all I’ll ever ask of you.

–Tonys after-party for Jersey Boys, Hard Rock Cafe

Suit on headset: You know, I have been so gassy lately.

–Penn Station

Overheard by: yum

Suit on cell: Hey, I found this guy I thought I’d fix you up with, but I talked to Elliot and he said he wouldn’t cross the street to piss on him, he’s an ethical scumbag… Yeah, I know that’s what everybody says about Elliott.

–Columbus Circle

Overheard by: Ken

White dude: I’m blacker than the fucking poops you shit, son!

–Ditmas Ave

Latina: Shit, where’d all these white people come from?

–Ludlow St

Overheard by: Caroline McGraw

Girl on cell: Ya know, it’s the smart people not having kids, or maybe having one or two. Its the uneducated that are reproducing more uneducated people. You know that 64% of kids born today are minority. We should build that fence bewteen us and Mexico.

–Ray Bari, 56th & 3rd

Very busy person: In class I start saying “African American” and then I’m like, fuck it, and I say “black black black…” I don’t have time to be saying “African American.”

–27th & 10th

Man with facial hair: You can only really pull off a Fu Man Chu if you’re a cop, a gay porn star, or a pirate.

–Virgin Records, Times Square

Guy to his girlfriend: You are one hairy bastard

–78th & 1st