One-liners

Suit to other suit: They drive it through the city in milk trucks so that no one will know.

–6th between 55th & 56th

Overheard by: Ann M. Hetzel

Queer on cell: Sunday? Well, I hate to say this out loud on a cell phone where the authorities can hear, but. . . that’s Tonys night.

–Broadway & 33rd, Astoria

Overheard by: lily carver

Guy: I went to high school with you. I was a senior when you were a freshman. I used to look at your pantylines in gym class.

–Kevin St. James, 46th & 8th

Woman: I find the suburbs to be extremely frightening. I know they all have air conditioning, but still…

–6 train

Twentysomething guy: The quality of life here is so bad…I mean, if you enjoy drinking all night and having random sex, you’ll like living in New York.

–5th Ave & 9th St

Casting person: Ok, here’s the problem, they don’t wan’t a baby with a huge head compared to his chest, nor do they want to see gross veins all over its chest. They want the fucking Gerber baby, ok?

–38th between 7th & 8th

Friend to new mother with infant: All babies look great in black. Did you know that?

–Madison & 91st

Overheard by: Kelly Smith

Woman: Actually, now that they’ve started talking, the twins are much less creepy.

–Central Park

Man on cell: I love you baby, but I just can’t be looking at your face everyday like that.

–Union Square

Guy to friend: She had that ugly-ass quality about her.

–Union Square

Overheard by: Sarah

Black guy to his dad: You have to help me. My cock is turning into one of those fucking curly fries.

–71st & Continental

Woman: So I told him, if that’s the urethra you got the wrong hole.

–115th & Broadway

Very old homeless woman to sleeping homeless man: You don’t even know how good looking you are!

–28th & 3rd

Overheard by: juju

Little boy: I want your DNA.

–Metro-North train

Overheard by: Helen V.

Ghetto teen: If Jesus was with you, he’d smack you over the head and call you a dick!

–A train

Overheard by: Josh Jasper

Girl to friends: Do either of you have a really nice picture of Jesus? I need to make an ashtray.

–7th & A

Overheard by: Ty!

Guy: I mean, why spend my money to put up bail when she’s just going to wind up doing time anyway?

–B train

Overheard by: Dianora

Chick on cell: The thing is, he doesn’t freeze meat. Yeah, it’s an issue.

–22nd & 8th

Overheard by: Sebastian White

Girl on cell: It’s Fleet Week here, so I’m getting laid.

–47th & Broadway

Overheard by: Rachel

Girl to sailor: Well, without your hat you’re fucking ugly!

–MacDougal & Bleeker

Borderline-crying woman on cell: No I don’t want to go to a fucking bar, I want to be with you, you asshole!

–Penn Station

Overheard by: gladly single

Ballsy dame: Well, that’s one thing men are good for — playing the minor roles in Evita.

–Marie’s Crisis piano bar, Grove & Bleeker

Overheard by: Duncan Pflaster