One-liners

Woman: Shit, if I were homeless I’d move somewhere warm in the winter. New York City is too damn cold!

–Port Authority

Overheard by: Carlos Gantt

Guy on cell: My life is a falafel. No, no, wait, it’s a pita. My life is a pita.

–Broadway & Astor Place

Teen boy: When I get home, I’m gonna get me one of them nutrient shake shits.

–M23 bus

Overheard by: Jon Graboff

Woman: I didn’t like the emu there. I’m not going to like it here.

–Eight Mile Creek, Mulberry Street

Overheard by: james uphoff

Husband: Sex with you is great, but it’s no substitute for pepperoni!

–Stop & Shop supermarket, Ridgewood

Overheard by: Dawn

Queer: My sister is so concerned about her son playing with dolls because it will turn him gay. I’m like, “It’s not because I was playing with dolls that I was gay, it was that I looked at a guy and got a hardon!”.

–Japonica, University Place

Overheard by: Rick T

Patron: They know what I am: drunk, gay, and in search of food!…This tastes like cock!

He was later escorted out of the restaurant with his friends.

–Dawat, E. 58th St.

Overheard by: MissHell

Black guy: And another thing: I’m tired of eating you out every night!

–Tompkins Square Park

Overheard by: RelaxLove

Power suit woman on cell: Well, you just have to get on top of it and ride it out.

–Madison Square park

Black chick: That nigger was pussy!

–14th Street & Broadway

HS girl: OK, OK, I got it. This will solve everyone’s problems: Jamal, you need to eat Anna out.

–Union Square

Employee: I’m so gangsta and keep it so real that I think it scares women sometimes.

–Duane Reade, 76th & 1st

Overheard by: Adam Shprintzen

amNew York guy: I wouldn’t mind having her as President. I just don’t want her to turn every building in New York pink. But I’m all for having a woman as President.

–Hoyt-Schemerhorn station

Some kids were making gun noises.
Dad: Nah, the trick is to use a silencer.

–Amity Diner, UES

Overheard by: Anastasia Dyakovskaya