“Pretty Wednesday One-Liner, Walkin' Down the Street…”

Drunken skinny pretty girl: Why is she so mean? I mean I'm a skinny pretty girl. She should not be mean to me!

–Halloween Party, Tribeca

Drunken hobo to girl leaving Sephora: Let me tell ya how to look beautiful. Fill ya buckets with money. Bucketfulla money makes ya look beautiful.

–17th St

Overheard by: Lillian

Voice on loudspeaker: Last call for pretty man. Last call to board for pretty man.

–LaGuardia Airport

Overheard by: Jen

60-something woman to tenor, after La Traviata: Finally, an Alfredo who is good-looking!

–Stage Door, Metropolitan Opera

Hobo: I was voted best-looking bum by bum weekly 1996.

–45th & 3rd

Posted on August 4, 2010
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The Church Lady's Really Let Herself Go

Chubby girl: Hi, your top is gorgeous! Where'd you get it?
Skinny girl: Um, Greece.
Chubby girl: Well, aren't you special?

–Union Square

Posted on July 13, 2010
Clothing, Compliments, Fat People, Skinny People, Union Square and East Village

…But I'm Only a Lady When I Feel Like It.

Tall skinny white woman in the bathroom: Um, excuse me, this is the ladies room.
Shorter heavy-set black woman: What, are you kidding? I am a lady! (laughs)
Tall skinny white woman, blushing: Um…
Shorter heavy-set black woman: White people, ya either love 'em or hate 'em… Man, I am a woman.

–Jamaica Air Restroom, JFK

Posted on July 5, 2010
Airports, Black People, Gender issues, JFK Airport, Laughter, Race, Sexuality, Skinny People, White People

Wednesday One-Liners: Large and in Charge

Exhausted woman with backpack: Why do I have to be so fat?

–42nd St

Gossip Girl clone to another: Oh my god! Can you even imagine being obese in this weather?

–Lafayette & Spring

Skinny gangster white boy: Yo, dude, are we hanging out with those fat chicks?

–96th St & Lexington

Overheard by: great standards

Chubby girl yelling on cell: Yeah, and her bridesmaid dress totally accentuates my back fat–as if I didn't have enough problems!

–47th & 3rd

Posted on June 23, 2010
All Wednesday One-Liners, Clothing, Dating, Diet/Weight, Gangstas, Girls, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, On Cell, One-liners, Physical appearance, Questions, Skinny People, Soho, Street, Stupidity, Upper East Side, Weather, Wednesday One-Liners, Wiggers, Women

Wait– What?

Skinny chick #1: Shut up, bitch! I can totally see your rib cage.
Skinny chick #2: Well, that's only because I have a skinny rib cage!

–Plumm Bar, West Village

Overheard by: everyone wants to be fat, but not really

Posted on June 21, 2010
Bars & Clubs, Body Parts, Diet/Weight, Girls, Insults, Physical appearance, Skinny People, West Village

Gasp! Was Anyone Even Alive Back Then?

Skinny hipster girl: I'm telling you, the Polish delis around here are old-school!
Skinny hipster guy: Yeah? How come?
Skinny hipster girl: Cause they've been here for, like … 20 years.

–Williambsurg

Overheard by: The Great Polish Migration of 1990!

Posted on June 21, 2010
Ethnic Food, Hipsters, Skinny People, Time, Williamsburg

I'm Also a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Cookie-dough

Thin girl #1, in front of ice cream fridge: Oh no, I shouldn't get any. I'm fat enough already.
Thin girl #2: Bitch, do not say stupid shit like that. You look fine.
Thin girl #1: No, you don't get it! I only look skinny. I have no muscle definition at all, it's all fat. I'm marbled. It's a trick.
Thin girl #2: So you're like… A stealth fatty?
Thin girl #1: I'm a chub ninja. I walk amongst skinny people undetected.

–Whole Foods, Union Square

Posted on May 24, 2010
Diet/Weight, Insults, Physical appearance, Skinny People, Union Square and East Village, Whole Foods

And You? Dying Of Anything?

Girl #1: Oh my god! You're so skinny, are you anorexic?
Girl #2: Omigosh! Thanks!

–B Train

Overheard by: Liv

Posted on May 21, 2010
Compliments, Diet/Weight, Girls, On the Subway, Physical appearance, Skinny People

How Many Weight Watchers Points Are in a Wednesday One-Liner?

Average-sized woman on cell: He said "big boned." Yeah, "you're a big boned girl… Like your dad, kinda big boned." (pause) Yeah, so, I didn't really feel like eating much after that.

–Queens

Overheard by: bdlilrbt

Girl to friend: I always think I'm a thin person, but then I look into the mirror and realize I'm not.

–3rd & 13th

Super skinny Japanese girl: I brought my juice with me. Then I ordered dessert. But my juice just looked better than eating dessert.

–Downtown 1 Train

Overheard by: dignell

Middle aged women to friend: Yeah, we took her in for a few weeks. She was fine, but didn't eat much. But that's because she kind of has an eating disorder. (they burst out into a fit of laughter)

–F Train

Girl getting soda to friend: You know, it's the ice that makes you fat. I heard that somewhere.

–Cafeteria, Marymount Manhattan

Overheard by: Hannah

Posted on March 31, 2010
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On the Plus Side, It Doubles As Spackle.

Skinny Indian girl: It's hot in here.
Chunky white girl: Too hot.
Skinny Indian girl: Well, at least it's better than too cold.
Chunky white girl: How so?
Skinny Indian girl: Well, now I can wear a t-shirt.
Chunky white girl: Yeah, but like, if it gets too hot we can't be whipping our clothes off. Nobody needs to see my pale shit.
Skinny Indian girl: Yeah, true.
Chunky white girl: Shit, girl. I have to buy my foundation at funeral homes.

–The Met

Posted on March 14, 2010
Clothing, Colors, Compare/Contrast, Girls, Heat, India Indians, Physical appearance, Race, Skinny People, The Met, White People

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