Wednesday Wears the One‐Liners in This Family

Southern tourist in pink pants: I don’t see anybody else wearing pink pants around here!

–73^rd & Broadway

Overheard by: Harriet Vane

Girl on cell, wearing leggings and a t‑shirt: Oh, shit, I forgot to put on pants again.

–Columbia University

Lady in corner stall: Damn, I done sweated through my pants!

–Restroom, 1 Liberty Plaza

Smug girl to gaggle: No, these are my period pants. My mom washed them for me!

–Columbia University

Overheard by: bih.

Thug: I’m the only playa in the hood with his pants on his waist!

–10^th & Ave B

Overheard by: Kayla K

Conductor over intercom: Attention, all crew members! Be sure you have your pants! Hey, Larry, you got yo’ pants?

–Penn Station

Overheard by: Geologist

Posted on July 22, 2022
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The Au Jus Of Wednesday One‐Liners

11 year‐old boy throwing water balloon back and forth: It’s like a hymen, perfectly intact after a minor rape! (balloon is thrown to him and bursts all over him) Oh, sweet hymen juices!

–Tompkins Square Park

Eight‐year‐old boy to another: God, just drink your spit!

–90^th St & 2^nd Ave

Drunk hobo with hand‐down pants: I’m not going to ejaculate! (repeats it over and over)

–D Train

Overheard by: seat changer

Blind woman to blind friend: Sweaty people suck.

–W 23^rd Street

Overheard by: Cool and Dry

Little girl: I don’t like boys! They’re mean and they sweat a lot!

–2^nd & Ave A

Young girl to boy: Ewwww, I’m dripping cum!

–Hester & Allen

Overheard by: lower east side

Posted on November 18, 2020
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Nobody Sweats Like the Slaves of Fashion

(at the Ghostland Observatory show)
Hipster #1: Oh my god, I’m so sweating so much right now.
Hipster #2: I am too. But it might be because I’m wearing leggings on my arms.

–Prospect Park, Brooklyn

Overheard by: mrsmith

Posted on February 6, 2018
Body Parts, Brooklyn, Clothing, Hipsters, Sweat

Wednesday One‐Liners Eat Boogers

Man on cell: It’s a swollen, pus‐filled sebaceous cyst…

–Nathan’s, West 32^nd St

Overheard by: SuzeV

Chick leaving Duane Reade (exposing armpit): Air it out baby, air it out!

–Duane Reade, 14^th & 1^st

Overheard by: Lillian

Guy to friends: I’m just gonna rub my shit all over her face. All over!

–96^th and Broadway

Fat girl on cell: Oh my god, seriously. My mom is *so* nasty whenever we go out to eat somewhere. I’m not kidding. Like, she is *never* happy where we get seated, and she’s like, “This silverware is smudgy! This glass has grit in it! The lighting is awful! The tectonic plates of this location are shifting, I demand a patio table!” I try to be as nice as I can to the wait staff to make up for her. Seriously. I’ve seen waiting. Please don’t shave your asscrack hair into my food because my mom was a douchenozzle.

–jet blue terminal, jfk

Overheard by: now questioning my pizza ingredients

Girl on cell: Yeah, you pretty much have the same body functions when you’re dead as when you’re alive. It’s gross, but I love it.

–Mercer b/w 3^rd & 4^th

Overheard by: Threw up in my mouth a little bit

Posted on March 24, 2016
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Let’s Ditch This Test and Go Jerk Off to Motherboard Diagrams

Nerd #1, right before exam: You’re making me sweat! And not in a sexual way!
Nerd #2: Then I’m not interested.

–NYU

Posted on January 12, 2016
Comebacks, Dorks, Geeks and Nerds, NYU, Sweat

Especially the Grass‐Stained Knees

Blond, after strenuous workout: God, I look like I just fucked the football team.
Blond friend: Guys like that look.

–Chelsea Piers

Overheard by: MtZ

Posted on July 15, 2015
Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Compare/Contrast, Fitness, Football, Girls, Gyms, Orgy, Sweat

Wednesday Puts on Its One‐Liners One Leg at a Time

Ghetto dude on phone: Do you know what I could do with that money? I could get a new pair of pants… or maybe get my hair done.

–Broadway & 86^th St

Girl to another: I had this teacher in high school who wore the tightest pants. Camel toe all the time.

–Union Square

Overheard by: Giancarlo

Annoying sober 20‐something, returning from bathroom: God! I’m so sweaty, it made it really hard to pull my pants down.

–Diner, 3^rd Ave

Teenage girl to another: He came here to do a concert. He probably doesn’t want to hear you scream, “Take your pants off!”

–Battery Park

Posted on June 12, 2015
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How Many Weight Watchers Points Are in a Wednesday One‐Liner?

NYU JAP on phone to mother (enraged): Ugh, mom! No! Wearing seasonally inappropriate outerwear will not make me sweat and lose weight!

–NYU Silver Center

Overheard by: Maeve

Woman in line with friend at Duane Reade, reading can of energy drink: Wait. There’s carbs in here? Like bread carbs? Carbs are bread, right? Cause when people go on, like, a low carb diet, they don’t eat any bread, right? But I still don’t understand why there’s bread in here. Whatever. It doesn’t even taste like bread.

–Duane Reade

10‐year‐old kid to friend: So you’re a year older than me, but you’re 20 pounds lighter? That’s fucked up.

–Christopher St & Waverly Place

Overheard by: sharknife

Girl: You know how some people are social drinkers? I’m a social eater.

–NYU

Overheard by: ninja z

Asian fashionista: Yeah, I think I’m like a size 12 in boys.

–Conde Nast Building

Overheard by: jackattack

Loud guy on cell: Actually, I can’t be bulimic anymore because I have no gag reflex. I’ve been sucking too much cock.

–34^th & 7^th Ave

Overheard by: Alis

Posted on April 15, 2015
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At Salivation Army HQ

Girl in crowded elevator: You’re not sweating. It must not be hot.
Guy: Yeah, but my tongue is blistering. I should probably see a doctor.

–7^th Ave

Posted on August 25, 2014
Body Parts, Elevators, Girls, Guys, Health and Hygiene, Heat, Sweat

Wednesday One‐Liners Are History, Dude

Guy holding baby: I’ve decided I’m going to write a pop‐up history of the ancient world, based on Herodotus. Should be great for babies.

–Strand Bookstore

American history tutor: The only dictator I know of is Hugo Chavez, and that’s because I met him.

–Jake’s Saloon, 57^th & 10^th

Overheard by: poor kid’s gonna fail that test

Rich mom with two kids: … And it was named after our country’s first president, Christopher Columbus.

–117^th & Broadway

Overheard by: doesn’t get columbus day off

Guy to friend: If I can make it through the ’80s, I can make it through anything.

–Astor Pl

Overheard by: squishduck

Professor: Sigismondo Malatesta was the only person in history to ever be publicly consigned to Hell by the pope. Now, that’s when a pope was a pope. I wish the pope would just get on TV and say, ‘You’re going to Hell!’

–Fordham University — Rose Hill

Overheard by: Christina

Guy: Wait, have I ever told you guys about my irrational fear of the late 1800s?

–NYU dorm

Overheard by: Danimal

Posted on August 9, 2014
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