And Just Like That, They Formed a Rap Group

Thug: Why you gotta be white and ignorant?
White Girl: Why you gotta be black and belligerent?

–Times Square

Overheard by: Bacon

Posted on February 16, 2015
Black People, Girls, Insults, Questions, Race, Thugs, Times Square, White People

How to Get White People to Buy You Drinks

Drunk white guy: I can’t believe we used to beat you people.
Drunk black guy: Yeah, and it still happens to this day.

–1 train

Overheard by: EthanK

Posted on February 13, 2015
Black People, Default, Drunks, Guys, History & Geography, On the Subway, Race, White People

Have You Considered a Freedom Fro?

Young black teen in a fight #1: Yo, your face look like a Dorito!
Young black teen in a fight #2: Yo, you look like a slave!

–Central Park

Overheard by: Angana

Posted on February 12, 2015
Black People, Central Park, Fighting and ass kicking, Insults, Junk Food & Fast Food, Parks, Race, Teens

A Jewish Zabar's Employee?? Say It Ain't So!

Customer to woman behind fish counter: Are you Italian?
Woman behind fish counter: No. I get accused of being Italian a lot. I'm just Jewish.

–Zabar's, Upper West Side

Overheard by: zabarian

Posted on February 10, 2015
Customers, Physical appearance, Questions, Race, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center, Weirdness

Art for Wednesday One-Liner’s Sake

Woman at bar to her friend: Ok, I know I’m an art dealer, but I’m like, the least bourgeois person I know.

–Smith & Mills (restaurant in Tribeca)

Overheard by: the lerpa

Little boy to friends: There are are four really big, important artists: Monet, Van Gogh, Renoir and… Pistachio.

–Impressionism Room, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Overheard by: I love Pistachio’s green period

Young girl: These paintings smell nice and fresh!

–The Met

Angry white suburban artist to Jews for Jesus: Stop talking! You are pushing this on me without me asking -that makes you a cult. Go away. We don’t like your kind here -we are all white suburban artists.

–Morgan L Stop on Bogart

Overheard by: not a hipster

Gangsta: Dali? Ain’t he like, Picasso or some shit?

–The Met

Posted on February 4, 2015
All Wednesday One-Liners, Always Bringing it Back to You!, Artists, Compare/Contrast, Girls, Jobs & Careers, Kids, Names, Offers and requests, Questions, Race, Religion, Restaurants & Cafes, Scents of the City, Subway stations, platforms, etc., The Met, Wall Street, TriBeCa, South Street Seaport, Women, Words

Well, I Don’t Think It’s Quite That Cut and Dry

Chick #1: So, I was taking his pants off and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, he’s wearing whitey-tighties!’ And then I realized they were actually black..
Chick #2: You didn’t know already that he was black?!

–Brother Jimmy’s BBQ

Overheard by: Joe John

Posted on February 4, 2015
Clothing, Girls, Race, Restaurants & Cafes

Not Even an Albino?

Spa Girl: I just want to remind you that for 24 hours after your appointment you can’t have any food or drink with color.
Man: So does that mean that I can’t sleep with a black woman tonight?
Spa Girl: Uh…no! I guess not!

–BriteSmile Spa , 57th & 5th

Overheard by: Jackie Lee

Posted on February 3, 2015
Drinks, Food, Girls, Men, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Questions, Race, Sex, Talking/Convos, Time

Can I Talk About David Lynch?

White chick: And they kept talking shit about gay people.
White guy: Fucking bigots. Those people should be lynched.
White chick: Shh! I told you to stop talking about lynching in this neighborhood!

–143rd & Broadway