Those Guys Take Forever in There

Girl: Where’s the bathroom?
She tries to open the door to the conductor’s box.
Girl: Who’s in there? I have to use the bathroom!

–1 train uptown

Overheard by: jonathan renshon

Posted on May 22, 2006
Girls, On the Subway, People, Places, Poop, Stupidity, Subway conductors, Topics

But Bow Ties Are Back

Thug #1: Yo nigga, what are they wearing in the hood these days?
Thug #2: Nigga, white on white is out!

–Outside Kenneth Cole, 5th & 17th

Posted on May 11, 2006
Clothing, Colors, Fashion, Manhattan, People, Places, Store, Thugs, Topics, Union Square and East Village, Venues

They Seemed So Happy at the Wedding

Conductor: Local, this is a 7 local. 33rd Street next.
Loudspeaker: Attention Flushing-bound 7 train. You are not a local. You are an express train. Your next stop is 61st-Woodside. Now let the people in and close your doors.

–Queensboro Plaza 7 station

Overheard by: and hearts semicolon

Posted on March 4, 2006
On the Subway, People, Places, Queens, Subway conductors, Topics

He Thinks That Means a Blanket

Girl: Do you ever think about us? Like, how many more of us there are than of you?
Professor guy: Of course. That’s why I always pack heat.

–Columbia University

Overheard by: Jeff

Posted on February 6, 2006
College, Columbia (& Barnard), Columbia University, Education, Favorites, Harlem & Morningside Heights, Manhattan, People, Places, School, Students, Teachers/Professors, Topics, Venues, Violence

He’s Hung Like a Pigeon

Guy: Yeah, that’s the first thing I learned when I moved here: don’t eat street meat, it’s probably pigeon or something.
Girl #1: Yeah, I wish I could get my husband to stop eating it.
Girl #2: I don’t care what kind of meat it is as long as it’s in my mouth.
Girl #1: That’s my sister; she’s looking for a hook-up.
Girl #2: No, I’m not!
Guy: I’m married.

–Irving Plaza, Irving Place

Overheard by: Johnny Tremain

Posted on January 27, 2006
Animals & Nature, Bars & Clubs, Family Ties, Food, Girls, Guys, Hook Ups, Innuendo, Junk Food & Fast Food, Manhattan, Marriage, People, Places, Sex, Sex & Relationships, Sisters, Street, Topics, Union Square and East Village, Venues

Wednesday One-liners Read InStyle

Guy: They had to cut off my favorite jeans, and my Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!! hoodie. I was pissed, man. I made that thing myself. I put the pixelated blood on it and everything. I would have said
something, but you know, I was kind of unconscious.

–Canal Street 6 station

Overheard by: Caitlyn Howell

Posted on January 25, 2006
Chinatown, Fashion, Guys, Manhattan, People, Places, Pop Culture, Topics, Video Games

FYI: “Cat’s in the Cradle” is on iTunes

Dad: Did you bring your book?
Teen boy: Yeah.
Dad: Oh good; that way we don’t have to talk.

–Tekserve, West 23rd Street

Overheard by: Bethany Murphy

Posted on January 20, 2006
Books & Writing, Boys, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Dads, Family Ties, Manhattan, Parents, People, Places, Teens, Topics

Aim for Where Freedom Lives: The Head

Teen Asian boy: So, the spelling bee–
Teen Indian girl: Was one of the kids Indian?
Teen Asian boy: Yeah, there was an Indian kid and a white kid.
Teen Indian girl: So typical. My parents entered me in a spelling bee and I was fucking horrible.
Teen Asian boy: Ha, ha, ha! Anyway, there were those two kids and I just wanted to throw PlayStations at them and yell, “I’m setting you free! I’m setting you free!”

–McDonalds, Union Square

Overheard by: Rachel W.