Wednesday One‐Liners Feel a Lot Better Now

Guy to friends: A girl farted on my head once, and I dated her for three years.

–14^th St & 3^rd Ave

Overheard by: MC

Woman to friend: And then he farted in my mouth.

–Ding Dong Lounge

Overheard by: Rosalind

Hobo, farting loudly, turning at girl walking behind him: That’s for you, you fucking bitch!

–Yellow Line Subway Station

Overheard by: Craigalanche

Latina on cell, firmly: I’m not bi‐curious, I’m just fart‐curious

–49^th & 5^th

Overheard by: olga

Crazy hobo: Once, I was eating Cracker Jacks, you know, the one with the prize in it? When I finished the box, I farted in it, then sealed it up again. When I opened it a week later, I got the surprise of my life!

–1 Train

Overheard by: nella

Posted on April 2, 2020
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Helpfulness: A NYC Short Story

Loud, garbled announcement about disrupted rush hour service in background.

Uptight lady suit, smiling anxiously: What? What did she say?
Hipster: She said, ‘Grble chzmglpt blgshqt skzdbkt…’ [Continues, accurately mimicking entire garbled announcement.]Uptight lady suit, disturbed: Oh.

–IRT Station, 110^th & Broadway

Overheard by: Christopher Stone

Posted on March 20, 2020
Hipsters, Subway stations, platforms, etc., Suits, Talking/Convos

Me? Oh Thank You, Mr. Perfumed Butt Pirate!

Conducter. Stand clear of the closing doors… Stand clear everyone… Please stand‑a clear of the closing doors.… In the front car, you, with the hat, in or out already!
Queer: I think he means you, Mr. Smelly Homeless Man.

–145^th St Station

Overheard by: CI

Posted on February 24, 2020
Conductors, Homeless, Public Transportation, Queers, Subway stations, platforms, etc.

Wednesday One‐liners Filled the Ark

Suit on cell: Yes, that way, you can kill more whales…

–86^th Street 4÷5÷6 station

Overheard by: Steevo

Posted on February 1, 2020
Animals & Nature, Subway stations, platforms, etc., Suits

Nor, Unfortunately, Did You Wipe Your Face

Guy #1: Do you want some of my water? I promise I don’t have cooties.
Guy #2: It’s not your cooties I’m worried about, it’s someone else’s.
Guy #1: No, I didn’t suck his dick.

–F train

Overheard by: Victor Villegas

Posted on September 6, 2019
BJs, Gays and Lesbians, Health and Hygiene, Men, On the Subway, Queers, Subway stations, platforms, etc.

He Should Have Told Me the Emotional Truth

Ghetto high school girl #1: I’m not going to the party unless he apologizes for saying I stink.
Ghetto high school girl #2: But you do.
Ghetto high school girl #1: So?

–5 train platform, Pelham Pkwy

Overheard by: Bryan

Posted on August 20, 2019
Celebrations/Parties, Ghetto Chicks, Insults, Scents of the City, Subway stations, platforms, etc., Teens

Wednesday One‐Liners Get Railroaded

Conductor: Check around, make sure you have all of your belongings. If you have small children, make sure you hold onto them. (in haunting tone) Wouldn’t want to see them disappear…into the gap.

–Metro‐North Line

Overheard by: Jess

Train conductor on PA: The last car is the quiet car. No cell phones or loud conversations please. If you need to have a conversation, please do so silently.

–Penn Station

Conductress, in monotone: The next stop on this train will be Grand Street, the last stop in the borough…in the borough.…in the borough of Manhattan.

–D Train

Overheard by: Jon A.

Conductor on PA: The next stop will be 51^st Street. All of you lookin’ for the local train on the other platform: hey yo! We over here!

–14^th Street Station

MTA conductor: Ladies and gentlemen, this train will be out of commission, uh…right now. Get out!

–MetroNorth Train

Overheard by: Kellin

Train conductor: Ladies and gentleman, brace for impact. (pause) Nah…just kidding, I could never pull that shit off. Y’all lucky we underground! Have a safe day.

–A Train

Posted on August 17, 2019
9 to 5-ers, All Wednesday One-Liners, Cell Phone, Conductors, Directions, Kids, NYC Geography, One-liners, Passengers, Penn Station, Public Transportation, Stupidity, Subway stations, platforms, etc., Trains Not Subway, Wednesday One-Liners, Weirdness, Wishes & desires

NYC Rules Require at Least One Person to Drop the F‑Bomb

Hot hippie chick: Excuse me, you need a hand?
Old blind man: Nah, I’m just getting to the n train. Thanks so much, though!
Hot hippie chick: Alright, you have a great day!
Blind man: Same to you!
Overlooking suit to friend: Nice New Yorkers…they just blow my mind.

–Union Square Subway Station

Posted on June 1, 2019
Friends, Handicaps, Hippies, Nice People, Offers and requests, Old People, Only in New York, Public Transportation, Subway stations, platforms, etc., Suits, Union Square and East Village

Wednesday One‐Liners Did Chop Down That Cherry Tree

Well dressed party‐goer: No, like, I went to Princeton ‑we lied all the time.

–Williamsburg

Overheard by: Cuny Graduate

Dude on cell: Okay… Great. Yeah. But I gotta go. My mom’s calling. [Hangs up, shoves phone in pocket.]

–Wagner College, Staten Island

Overheard by: Squiggs

Woman on cell: I just don’t understand why he got so freaked out about it. I said “I love you” ‑big fucking deal. That doesn’t mean anything. I could have been lying. I was lying, for Christ’s sake.

–L Train

Crazy hobo: Hillary Clinton is a liar, she lies. We’ve been married for 28 years and she won’t admit to it. Liar. Afraid of integration, that’s Hillary.

–E Train

Overheard by: Liz Beaux

Suit on cell to his wife: Yeah… Yeah… Oh, honey, I have to go, this is it, the train’s here. Bye! [Clicks over to the other line.] Hey buddy! How’s it going!

–125^th St. Subway platform

Overheard by: EthanK

Twentysomething player on cell, picking fresh hairs off him : I feel you, I feel you, I can’t meet up with you now, I have to go to Forest Hills to get my haircut.

–N Train

Overheard by: john

Guy on cell: Most people lie to get out of jury duty and here I am being honest about NAMBLA.

–73^rd & 2^nd

Overheard by: melissa

Posted on March 19, 2019
All Wednesday One-Liners, Compare/Contrast, Couples, Crazies, Crazy, Education, Family Ties, Guys, Hair, Harlem & Morningside Heights, Hobos, Lies, Love, Marriage, On Cell, On the Subway, Players, Politics, Public Transportation, Staten Island, Subway stations, platforms, etc., Suits, Upper East Side, Weirdness, Williamsburg, Women, Words

Subway stations, platforms, etc.