Stupidity

Wednesday One-Liners: So Lifelike!

Girl: If I made a sex doll that smelled like elk, he would totally do it!

–Queens

Middle-aged Latino: I've got barbie dolls!

–Brooklyn

Overheard by: Confabulation Nation

Newspaper vendor: Cause I have that multiple sneezing thing! I hate that crap! I'm like a bobble-head doll!

–96th St & Madison Ave

Overheard by: Galatea

Girl leaving nail salon: It looks like Malibu Barbie just threw up all over my feet.

–11th St & Broadway

Overheard by: Bill

Despondent little girl in coffee shop: Um, I don't play with the doll house that much because you said we're not supposed to play in the meditation room.

–Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

It’s Not Just the Bird That’s Mocking Them

Woman #1: I watched the best movie last night!
Woman #2: Oh yeah? What was it?
Woman #1: It was called To Catch a Mockingbird.
Woman #2: Did you know they made a book from that movie?

–Q55 bus

At Least She’s Reading

Ghetto chick: Excuse me! Excuse me! What’s the name of the towers that got knocked down?
Incredulous passerby: Umm . . . The World Trade Center.
Ghetto chick to thug boyfriend: See! I told you it wasn’t none of that twin towers. You thinking of Lord of the Rings.

–Vesey St

Wednesday One-liners

Black guy: Man, Asia and Africa is totally disinterconnected!

–E train

Guy on cell: She has no idea I’ve been on steroids all week!

–City Hall Park

Overheard by: Bria Dunham

Legions of Angels Will Bear You to Wichita

Annoyed gate lady: Sorry, sir, the plane is being delayed one hour and could be delayed longer.
Frequent flyer: What if I get upgraded to first class?

–LaGuardia

Overheard by: Mike

Going to the STD Clinic (A NYC Short Story)

Indian chick: So I was watching VH1 and it was a show about child stars. You know, Drew Barrymore, Jodie Foster–
Asian chick: What? Jodie Foster was a child star?
Indian chick: Yeah. She was a child prostitute at like, 13, and they made a movie about it and everything.

Indian chick: Lookit that chart. They’re ranking condoms, see? Trojan Magnum, then Regular Trojans, then Trojan Ultra Sheer, then Durex Regular, then Lifestyles, and then Lifestyle Ultra-Sensitive, see?
Asian chick: Mmm. Trojan Ultra Sheers, yeah.
Indian chick: But Durex has at least one more that should go in there! Durex has a Magnum too and it’s really good.
Asian chick: So yeah, what’s their deal?
Indian chick: Like, it’ all about how well they endure. Not how much pleasure they give. Fucking government chart.

Indian chick: Anyway. I’m definitely thinkin’ about havin’ my kids in a foreign country. Like, dual citizenship. Just take a semester off, fly to Britain for a month, and voila.
Asian chick: That’s the craziest thing I’ve ever heard. What for?
Indian chick: They just come out cooler, that’s all.

–Chelsea Health Center, 9th Avenue

Overheard by: capn midnite

Clearly Education Majors

Girl #1: I always get so much more jazzed after drinking Diet Pepsi than regular Pepsi.
Girl #2: Well, that’s because Diet Pepsi has soooo much more sugar than regular Pepsi.

–Marymount Manhattan College

Overheard by: Mallory McMahon

More Constitutional Branches That Need Trimming

20-ish guy #1: I don’t understand why there are still pay phones in the city. Who doesn’t have a cell phone?
20-ish guy #2: I don’t understand why women are allowed to talk.

–20th & Park

Overheard by: Also Wondering About Both

Since I’m Still Only Halfway Through Great Sexpectations

Hipster girl: You know, you really should try reading something with more substance… Like War and Peace.
Queer, flipping through fashion mag: ‘Warm Piece’? Is that, like, porn?
Hipster girl: I said, War. And. Peace.
Queer: Okay, I’m not reading any magazine I’ve never even heard of.

–F train

Overheard by: Kathy Iandoli

“Try telling her that.”

Guy: Wait, you had anal sex?
Girl: Yeah. It really hurt.
Guy: Well, what did you expect? Why did you do it?
Girl: You have to try everything once, just as my mother told me.
Guy: I don’t think you’re meant to include anal.

–Umi Sushi, 2nd Avenue

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