Ni Hao, Wednesday One-Liners!

Korean girl to white guy: Why do you find it necessary to squint your eyes when you do an Asian impression?

–L Train

Overheard by: john.ainley

White girl to friends: And then a ninjician pulled a chopstick out of her ear!

–Veniero's Pastry Shop

Overheard by: Amy

Asian chick: Asians are obsessed with analyzing poop.

–Max Restaurant, Tribeca

Overheard by: Shringle

Woman begging for change: Can I get some quarters? (pause) My cousin-in-law is Chinese. Come on!

–52nd & Lexington

Overheard by: NMT

Asian woman, after sneezing: Just cuz I'm a sneezin' Asian don't mean I got SARS.

–Port Authority Bus Terminal

Overheard by: CNaughty

White girl on cell: Okay, I'm going to sound crazy, but there's this Asian guy in one of my classes…and he looks just like Ashley…and I just want to run up and say "Can I take a picture of you? Because you look just like my black girlfriend!"

–Dorm Building, Cooper Union

Posted on October 15, 2008
All Wednesday One-Liners, Asians, Body Parts, Buildings, College, Compare/Contrast, Family Ties, Girls, Global Geography, Grocery Stores, Illness, Koreans, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, On Cell, On the Subway, Physical appearance, Pictures, Poop, Port Authority, Questions, Race, Restaurants & Cafes, Union Square and East Village, Wall Street, TriBeCa, South Street Seaport, Weirdness, White People

Still, I've Never Seen a Straight Guy Hold Chopsticks With His Legs

Girl #1, checking out a dude in a restaurant: He's super hot, but I think he's gay.
Girl #2: Oh yeah, totally, look at the way he crosses his legs. And he's using chopsticks.
Girl #1: It's an Asian restaurant.

–Union Square

Overheard by: littleD

Posted on October 11, 2008
Beauty, Compliments, Default, Ethnic Food, Gays and Lesbians, Girls, Physical appearance, Restaurants & Cafes, Stupidity, Union Square and East Village

They Can Breathe Through Their Skin

Boy #1, watching hobo who is asleep on the train: That motherfucker looks dead. I don't think he's breathing.
Boy #2: He doesn't need to breathe, he's a ninja.

–Uptown 1 Train

Overheard by: Daniil

Posted on October 2, 2008
Boys, Compare/Contrast, Death, Default, On the Subway, Physical appearance

Does She Still Live in a Van Down by the East River?

Blonde girl: I mean this in the nicest way possible, but she looks exactly like Chris Farley.
Brunette girl: Oh my gosh, you're so right! I can't believe I never noticed before!
Blonde girl: I know! But I totally mean it as a compliment.

–Nobu Restaurant, W 57th

Overheard by: sromeo

Posted on September 30, 2008
About Celebrities, Compare/Contrast, Compliments, Default, Girls, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Physical appearance, Restaurants & Cafes

What About a Cucumber in a Baggie?

Guy #1: You're getting a cape?
Guy #2: Yeah, I figure we can prop the hood up and make it like the reservoir.
Guy #1: You're either going to look like a giant penis in a condom or a Ku Klux Klan member in saran wrap.

–Costume Store, 11th & Broadway

Overheard by: brian

Posted on September 26, 2008
Clothing, Compare/Contrast, Default, Guys, Physical appearance, Questions, Store, The Village

Pour Some Wednesday One-Liners on Me

Fireman on loudspeaker, as he drives by Magnolia Bakery in fire truck: It's just a cupcake!

–11th & Bleecker

Overheard by: Chris

Disappointed 20-something girl to girlfriends: Yeah, but they don't have chocolate covered penises there.

–Bleecker St

Overheard by: Brookelyn

Large Italian guy: What happened to my tiramisu? That's what I want to know!

–LIRR to Penn Station

Girl covered in pink frosting on cell: There's frosting all over me!

–170th & Broadway

Overheard by: Poogins

Hipster guy on cell: Yeah, so the food was like chocolate and chorizo…mother fucking chocolate and chorizo… No, it was good… You should try it… Why not? Fuck veganism! Some website… Myjambi. M-y-j-a-m-b-i. Why chocolate? How should I know? It's for the website. Yes, the website! I don't know why the dog was there.

–28th & Park

Old woman to overweight woman: You look like you would know the answer to this… Where is a cupcake bakery around here?

–53rd & 3rd

Posted on September 24, 2008
All Wednesday One-Liners, Compare/Contrast, Diet/Weight, Firemen, Food, Girls, Guys, Hipsters, Italians, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Murray Hill and Gramercy, Old People, On Cell, Penis, Physical appearance, Questions, Trains Not Subway, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center, Vegetarian & Vegan, Weirdness, West Village, Women

NewsFlash: Paddle-Shaped Girls Make S&M a Breeze

Hip girl #1: You're just jealous because the water does what I tell it to.
Hip girl #2: Yeah, but that's only because you're huge and paddle-shaped.
Hip girl #1: Hehehehehehe…
Hip girl #2: Stop, your dirty laughter is getting all over my new jacket.

–Arlene's Grocery, Stanton St

Overheard by: sophie and gabby

Posted on September 9, 2008
Clothing, Compare/Contrast, Default, Girls, Grocery Stores, Hipsters, Insults, Laughter, Lower East Side, Physical appearance

In the Absence of Proof, I'm Gonna Keep Pushing

Lady #1: Don't push me, I'm pregnant.
Lady #2: I can't tell you is pregnant from behind.

–Downtown 6 Train

Posted on September 7, 2008
Default, Offers and requests, On the Subway, Physical appearance, Pregnancy & Birth Control, Public Transportation, Women

Being Judgmental Does That to a Woman

JAP to friend: Why is it that I only get hit on by the creepy, ugly guys?
Hobo: Um, have you looked in the mirror lately? Maybe it's 'cuz you ugly!

–Outside The Met

Posted on September 7, 2008
Default, Hobos, Insults, JAPs, Physical appearance, Questions, The Met

It'd Be Hard to Ketchup

(large Russian woman walks by and says hi)
Old Jewish guy #1: Waddya think of her? She's Russian, right?
Old Jewish guy #2: Yeah, yeah, you can tell. I don't go for that, though. She's a big broad, real chunky. She's like a big tomato.

–Sheep's Meadow, Central Park

Overheard by: makes me hungry…

Posted on August 30, 2008
Central Park, Compare/Contrast, Default, Global Geography, Guys, Jews, Old People, Physical appearance, Questions, Trees and plants

Physical appearance