Teens

Kind of an Oblique Reference

Teen boy #1: I hear that girls don’t like muscles, anyways.
Teen boy #2: Well, not creepy ones.

–R train

Overheard by: kk

Posted on March 18, 2006
On the Subway, Relationships, Sex & Relationships, Sports, Teens

More Like France

Dad: Do you know what a eunuch is?
Teen boy: Sure, it’s a place in Germany.
Dad: No, it is a man whose balls have been cut off.
Teen boy: In Germany?

–27th & 6th

Posted on March 17, 2006
Body Parts, Manhattan, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Parents, Should've Used a Condom, Teens, Violence

What’s in a Name, Wednesday One-liners?

Receptionist lady: Don’t you be sayin’ my whole name; I’m on America’s Most Wanted!

–NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, West 168th Street

Overheard by: supermerm

Posted on March 15, 2006
Asians, Bronx Science, Drinking & Drunk People, Drugs, Etiquette, Fast Times at New York High, Ghetto Chicks, Harlem & Morningside Heights, Hipsters, Hospitals, Lower East Side, Manhattan, On Cell, On the Subway, One-liners, Staten Island, Teens, The Bronx, The Village, Wall Street, TriBeCa, South Street Seaport

Your Prescription is Wednesday One-liners

Dowager: Today was the first day I took a Celebrex since the pogo stick thing.

–Park & 60th

Overheard by: Frank Laser

Posted on March 15, 2006
Body Parts, College, Drugs, Health and Hygiene, Hipsters, Hospitals, Manhattan, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, National Security, NYU, On Cell, On the Subway, One-liners, Soho, Teens, The Village, Upper East Side, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center

Wednesday One-liners Speak Well English

Girl on cell: Oh my God, I am like so uncoherent today.

–Washington Square Park

Overheard by: Athens Mol

Posted on March 15, 2006
Brooklyn, Celebrities Overheard, College, Columbia (& Barnard), Drinking & Drunk People, Harlem & Morningside Heights, Manhattan, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, On Cell, On the Bus, On the Subway, One-liners, Park Slope, Stupidity, Teens, The Village, Times Square, Upper East Side

One-liners Are Due on Wednesday

Girl on cell: …And I was like, “Good thing you think I’m pregnant.”

–Penn Station

Overheard by: Halcyon Murphy

Posted on March 15, 2006
Brooklyn, Health and Hygiene, Hipsters, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, On Cell, On the Subway, One-liners, Penn Station, Pregnancy & Birth Control, Smokers & Smoking, Staten Island, Teens, The Village, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center

Wednesday One-liners Miss Lilith Fair

Girl: If anybody is gonna bring back the cape it will probably be a
lesbian.

–Borders, Time Warner Center

Posted on March 15, 2006
Ghetto Chicks, Hobos, Manhattan, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, On the Subway, Queers, Relationships, Retail Therapy, Sex & Relationships, Stupidity, Teens, The Village, Upper East Side, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center

She Has Many Viable Options

Teen girl: I am pregnant again. How does this keep happening to me?
Teen boy: Ever thought of keeping your legs crossed?
Teen girl: How would that solve anything?
Teen boy : Huh?

–6 train

Posted on March 11, 2006
Health and Hygiene, On the Subway, Pregnancy & Birth Control, Stupidity, Teens

Giving Her What She Wants

Teen boy: You’re just a little nigger.
Teen girl: Quit playin’.
Teen boy: I will break your fucking fingers, you little nigger.
Teen girl: But–
Teen boy: Shut the fuck up! I’ll fucking kill you. I’ll punch you right in the mouth in front of all these gay fucking white people. What do you have to say?
Teen girl: I–
Teen boy: Shut the fuck up! You think I won’t? You don’t think I’m man enough, do you? I’ll hurt you so bad. I’ll fuck you up. You think I won’t?
Teen girl: You will!
Teen boy: I won’t?
Teen girl: You will!
Teen boy: I won’t?
Teen girl: You will!
Teen boy: That’s right. All you wanna do is sleep all day. You wanna go to bed right now and sleep for four days, 24/7. Fucking worthless. You should fucking die for that.

–Q train

Overheard by: Carrie

Posted on March 9, 2006
Anger Management, On the Subway, Teens, Thugs, White People

Wednesday One-liners Believe in Holy Ghosts

Girl: I know you’re not religious, but do you believe in dinosaurs?

–Penn Station

Overheard by: Sasha

Posted on March 8, 2006
Arts & Letters, Books & Writing, Brooklyn, Crazies, Drinking & Drunk People, Hipsters, Hobos, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, On the Bus, On the Subway, One-liners, Penn Station, Religion, Restaurants & Cafes, Retail Therapy, Teens, Union Square and East Village