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Wednesday One-Liners Wear Taped Glasses

Guy to cooks: So, do you guys just sit around all night making up medieval names for each other?

–Pizza shop, 2nd Ave & St. Mark’s Pl

Overheard by: mangledorf

Nerd on cell: I waited five years to get a girlfriend, and I finally got one and I just couldn’t take it!

–Dunkin’ Donuts, 14th St

Overheard by: Jo

Chick on cell: Whoa, did I just refer to Voldemort in a romantic context? What is happening to me?

–Harlem

Overheard by: Ladle

Dork: Wow, 200 points of magic! Well, that would truly be a day of sorcery.

–LIRR

NYU student: So, Yoda is more masculine than Sophocles?

–NYU

Overheard by: waphle

They Won’t Know Why It Mattered

Teen girl #1: I don’t think people understand the gravity of the situation. Nobody seems excited. We’re in an actual Springfield Kwik-E-Mart!
Teen girl #2: I know. When I tell my grandkids I went to a Kwik-E-Mart [trails off]…

–7-Eleven/Kwik-E-Mart near Times Square

Suckled by Big, Bad Wolves

NYU professor: So, you don’t know who Robin Hood is or who the three little piggies are? Really? Where did you grow up?
Student: The Bronx.

–Politics class, NYU

Overheard by: jmd

Good to See Folks Keeping That Line Alive

Lady #1: … And I know he still wants me just by seeing the way he looks at me still.
Lady #2: But he told me he’s done wit’ you!
Lady #1: Look, when it’s late at night and he ain’t got nothin’ to do, who is he gonna call? Not the Ghostbusters!

–6 train

Overheard by: Ari

You’re Both Right!

Old queen #1: I always thought that Dick Cavett was such a little asshole.
Old queen #2: I always found him to be downright delightful!

–Edison Diner, 47th St

Overheard by: I like Dick

How Do You Explain That Martha Stewart’s Alive?

Child: Look, Mommy, that lady looks like Daddy’s computer.
Mother: Which one?
Child: The one he has in his office.

–Seaman & Cumming

It’s Art If I Say It Is, Damn It!

Girl: I can’t believe you did that! Why would you erase one of my songs from my computer?
Boy: Because I hate Jack Johnson! Anyway, you’ve erased some of my art on the computer.
Girl: Do you mean those pictures you took of yourself scowling with no shirt on?

–13th & Ave A

Overheard by: Lark

Surrendering to Your Fate Will Be Sweet, Though

Girl: It’s this way.
Guy: Are you sure?
Girl: I know where all the Jamba Juice is.
Guy: Are.
Girl: What?
Guy: Are. You know where all the Jamba Juice are.
Girl: Is.
Guy: Are! Each franchise is a separate entity!
Girl: Is! They’re all part of single collective!
Guy: Jamba Juice is not the Borg!

–50th & Broadway

Which Reminds Me — We Need to Shop for Staples

Yuppie: You know, that’s a very expensive beer you’re not drinking.
Girlfriend: Can’t we have one night where you don’t quote American Psycho?
Yuppie: Oh, he bought her Chardonnay. Don’t worry, I’m not a Chardonnay guy.
Girlfriend: Whatever. Just don’t nail-gun me in my sleep tonight. Again.

–Iggy’s on Rivington

And Violate the Prime Directive?

Hipster guy: The Trekkies have yet to produce their own serial murderer.
Hipster girl: Yeah, that we know about…

–St. Mark’s Pl & 2nd Ave

Overheard by: The Doifter

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