What Kinda Mileage You Get With That Wednesday One-Liner?

Teen girl, calmly: My nigga, I only got one car, and I need that car to kill my momma.

–125th & 5th

Overheard by: Caroline

Loud Eastern European man to older guy: If I get you car, you get me woman. Woman for fucking! (gestures a jackhammer motion)

–Union Square

Overheard by: BK

Surprised woman: $15,000? Tonya! For $15,000 you could've bought a car, gone to a psychologist and finally learned how to drive!

–Park Ave & 39th St

Girl on cell: He drove his truck into the pool. No…he drove his truck into the pool. So, I just hope it's not because he was doing something stupid.

–Barnes & Noble, Union Square

Overheard by: Pretty Sure He Was Doing Something Stupid

Man on bike on cell: There ain't no peanut butter in the car.

–West 4th & Sullivan St.

Overheard by: Anna P.

Screaming guy, sticking head out of cab during traffic jam: Fucking three inches per hour!

–Greene St, SoHo

Overheard by: seb

Posted on October 15, 2008
All Wednesday One-Liners, Cars and Driving, Food, Foreigners, Girls, Gripes, Guys, Harlem & Morningside Heights, Men, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Money & Class, Murder, Offers and requests, On Cell, Parents, Sex, Soho, Stupidity, Teens, Time, Washington Square Park, Women

If You've Seen Three, You Want to Prevent It

(baby is crying)
Mother: You better stop crying when I count to three. One… Two…
(baby stops crying, but starts again after a while)
Mother: I said “two!”
(baby stops crying again)

–BX9 Bus

Overheard by: Jason

Posted on October 14, 2008
Babies, Default, Moms, Offers and requests, On the Bus, Parents, The Bronx, Threats, Words

When You Were Born He Wanted You to Be Left on a Hillside

Four-year-old boy to mom: Mom, do we want the Mets to win or the Yankees?
(mom ignores comment)
Boy: I think I want them both to win!
Mom: I don't think your father's going to be very happy about this.

–3 Train

Overheard by: Danielle

Posted on October 12, 2008
Boys, Default, Kids, Mets, Moms, On the Subway, Parents, Questions, Wishes & desires, Yankees

Says She Loves to Fuck, but Hates to Walk

Boyfriend: So I think my mother is sleeping with the guy who lives around the corner from me.
Girlfriend: Your mom is so good at stuff like that.

–6th Ave & 14th St

Overheard by: Matthew Coleman

Posted on October 5, 2008
Boyfriends, Compliments, Default, Girlfriends, Parents, Sexuality, The Village

Word to Your Mom

Middle aged white woman on cell: Okay, mom. Go back to watching Snoop. Yeah, I know you love him. Okay, have fun watching the D-0-double g! Bye.
Random passerby: Best. Conversation. Ever.

–Upper West Side

Posted on October 4, 2008
Compliments, Default, Music, On Cell, Parents, Strangers, TV, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center, White People, Women

Hey, Passive-Aggressive's Working Great for Me

Mom to tween daughter: Are you mad at me?
Tween daughter: No, I'm not mad at you.
Mom: Why aren't you mad at me? You have every right to be.

–NJ Transit

Posted on September 29, 2008
Default, Ew, Jersey, Girls, Kids, Moms, On the Subway, Parents, Questions, Tweens, Weirdness

…on Easter Morning

Guy (smelling weed, to male friend): Hey man, you smell that?
Girl: Yeah, it smells like my dad.

–Terminal 5

Overheard by: Adam

Posted on September 28, 2008
Compare/Contrast, Default, Girls, Guys, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Parents, Questions, Scents of the City, Sensory Experiences, Theater, Weirdness

Pop Quiz: Which One's Using “Sandwich” As a Euphemism?

Hipster #1: Every time I sleep with your mom she makes me half a sandwich.
Hipster #2: She makes me a low-fat sandwich.
Hipster #1: A half a sandwich is a low-fat sandwich.

–14th St & 3rd Ave

Overheard by: Quarter Sandwhich

Posted on September 23, 2008
Compare/Contrast, Default, Food, Hipsters, Parents, Sex, Union Square and East Village, Words

Didn't You Watch the Video We Gave You for Christmas?

Father: Hurry up or we'll be late! If we're late mommy is gonna spank you!
Toddler son: (shocked look)
Father: I'm kidding, mommy would never spank you, mommy would spank daddy.
Toddler son: Mommy spanks daddy?
Father (with a devious smile): Mommy spanks daddy all the time!

–Sheep Meadow, Central Park

Posted on September 12, 2008
Boys, Central Park, Dads, Default, Kids, Parents, Threats, Time, Violence, Weirdness

Parents