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Rush Forgot His Pills

Old man: You think Hillary Clinton could be president? You’re out
of your mind. Hillary Clinton couldn’t get arrested in a whorehouse with a fist full of fifties. She’s ugly, she’s stupid and she has a big fat ass. She’s like a Hitler in female. All right, I’ll stop now and be a gentleman.
Guy: Okay.
Old man: Any Democrat on this train who thinks Hillary Clinton could be president is masturbating in their mind. All one hundred of them.
Guy: You have a nice night.

–R train

Overheard by: Dave and Lauren

“Or Daddy’s hentai?”

Little girl: Mommy, what’s this?
Mom: Japanese art. You know, like in Mulan.

–The Met

I Usually Bring a Dog to Translate

Girl: I was walking and there was a group of Dominicans talking on the corner and the only reason I understood what they were saying was because I’ve been listening to a lot of reggaeton.
Guy: They must’ve been talking about fucking someone.

–West 4th & Thompson

Overheard by: Angel V.

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

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.

Peter Jackson Only Does Documentaries

Guy: This remake of King Kong was a good movie; did you ever see the
original?
Girl: Yeah, I didn’t know it was a true story.

–42nd & 8th

Oaf’s Got His Hawaiian Shirt Ready to Go

Girl: So I’m gonna be doing this punch thing
Guy: Oh…yeah, I heard about that. Yeah, like, that punch was making a comeback.
Girl: Oh yeah, like, punch is really trendy.

–F train

He Ended Up Totally Fried

Man #1: I dunno, Richard Pryor was too…gross for me.
Man #2: Oh yeah?
Man #1: Yeah…Pretty good for a guy that did a lot of drugs, though.
Man #2: Yeah.
Man #1: You know what I just found out? Hunter Thompson did a lot of drugs, too.
Man #2: Really?
Man #1: Apparently.

–Associated Supermarker, Bleecker Street

Overheard by: Gus

All Set with the Webbed Feet

Teen girl #1: Hey, we could go as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Teen girl #2: Yeah, that’s a good one
Teen girl #1: You’d only need a mask…They’re frogs, right?

–Urban Outfitters, 72nd & Broadway

Stranger Things Have Happened on Endor

A couple walks by holding hands, a tall man and a short woman.

Chick: What’s with the Wookie-Ewok love?
Guy: Dude, that’s harsh.

–13th & University

Girl: You know her, she’s making stuff up again!
Crazy woman: Hey! Did you just call me Chewbacca?

–1 train

Overheard by: poptart

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