One Life to Wednesday One-Liner

Five-year-old boy to father: Is this an important life lesson?

–14th & 6th

Overheard by: A

Young Asian man to woman ignoring him: Hey, let's go get a falafel. Hey, hey–you live around here often?

–Union Square

Overheard by: serena

Woman, throwing McNuggets at man: Get the fuck out of my life!

–Times Square

Overheard by: Elliot

Frantic crazy guy: I'm gonna go have a seat in Starbucks and get my life together!

–6th Ave & 25th St

Overheard by: tbomb

Suit on phone: Well that's life, you screw people over and then you go to the Bahamas.

–Train into Penn Station

Posted on July 6, 2020
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But That Gear Shaft Totally Consented

Drunk middle-aged woman #1: Yeah, but I don't think…
Drunk middle-aged woman #2: The cops in the state of New Jersey all have computers in their cars. They pulled him over, and he wasn't even doing anything!
Drunk middle-aged man #1: Well, what did they say to you?
Drunk middle-aged man #2: They said I was driving erotically.

–NJ Transit

Posted on July 4, 2020
Cars and Driving, Computer, Cops, Default, Drunks, Ew, Jersey, Men, Questions, Sexuality, Trains Not Subway, Weirdness, Women

She Misses Mommy’s Heroin Years

Little girl: Mommy! Mommy!
Mother: What is it?!
Little girl: Why you gotta have an attitude?

–Cortelyou & Marlborough, Brooklyn

Overheard by: BWA

Posted on July 3, 2020
Brooklyn, Kids, Moms, Questions

I'm Sorry for Your Pain– Just Remember It's Not My Fault

Guy to whispering girl: What?
Girl #1: You don't wanna know.
Guy: Yeah, I do.
Girl #2: No, you don't.
Guy: I don't! Why do you whisper? Include me! I wanna know!
Girl #1: Fine. I'll tell you. (loudly) My uterus hurts!

–63rd Drive, Queens

Overheard by: Therese

Posted on June 29, 2020
Body Parts, Girls, Guys, Health and Hygiene, Pregnancy & Birth Control, Queens, Questions

Less Pussy, More Bitchy

Dude: Is this a petting zoo sort of thing?
Chick: No. It’s a dog park sort of thing.

–Union Square dog park

Overheard by: tanechka

Posted on June 23, 2020
Animals & Nature, Comebacks, Default, Girls, Guys, Questions, Union Square and East Village

How to Make a Student Yearn to Discuss Polynomials

Female tutor: Okay, so do you want a soy hot chocolate?
12-year-old student: No, that tastes funny.
Female tutor: So you want cow milk, eh? How would you feel if you were hooked up to a machine all day giving milk?
(student is silent)
Female tutor: You know it's breast milk right?
Student: Yeah.
Female tutor: Moooooo moooooo. (makes suckling noise.) Moooo moooo! (Makes suckling noise)

–Hopscotch

Overheard by: bildita

Posted on June 22, 2020
Animals & Nature, Bars & Clubs, Compare/Contrast, Default, Food, Offers and requests, Questions, Sensory Experiences, Students, Union Square and East Village, Weirdness, Women

Maybe We Should Start Numbering the Ceilings Instead

Chick: Why is level two on the third floor? Why isn’t there a ‘Floor Two’?
Guy: I dunno, hon.
Chick: Isn’t that weird, though?
Guy, as elevator goes up halfway: I think this is the second floor. It’s a secret level.

–AirTrain elevator, JFK

Overheard by: Jess McGins

Posted on June 20, 2020
Girls, Guys, JFK Airport, Questions

It Depends on Whether She Swallows

Girl #1: Aw, he sent me a message that says “Sweet dreams, gorgeous.”
Girl #2: Hmm. Isn’t that what they say to Mafioso girlfriends before they slit their throats and throw them in the East River?

–Morningside Heights

Overheard by: djlindee

Yuppie #1: …and it’s not just because she’s a chick.
Yuppie #2: Yeah, it’d be the same if she were a dude.
Yuppie #1: Totally! And it’s not because I really like to work, because I don’t.
Yuppie #2: Totally!

–Dock’s Oyster Bar, 40th & 3rd

Overheard by: Greg Rutter