There's No Pill for What Wednesday One-Liners Have

Nervous hipster: You know, it's really true what they say about friends with eczema…

–50th & 8th

Overheard by: chris

Guy on cell: So she got cancer, big fuckin deal!

–1st Ave & St. Mark's

Man on cell: Next time they call, just politely say there's no one here with diabetes.

–Central Park

Overheard by: Lola Black

Woman exiting car: There's this bump between my ass and cooch. I think I should get that checked.

–W 4th St

20-something guy to 40-something woman: Look, I'm not saying I'm not concerned about my hand being sticky, but I'm more concerned about malaria.

–Café

Posted on November 1, 2015
All Wednesday One-Liners, Ass, Body Parts, Cancer, Central Park, Compare/Contrast, Friendship, Guys, Health and Hygiene, Hipsters, Illness, Insults, Men, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, On Cell, Parks, Restaurants & Cafes, Street, Stupidity, The Village, Union Square and East Village, Vagina, Wednesday One-Liners, Weirdness, Women

If I Can’t Cancel on a Whim, I Hyperventilate

Hipster dude #1, about broken cell: What a pain in the ass! How did they do it before?
Hipster dude #2: Before, they made plans. You know, ‘I’ll meet you there at this time.’ And then they did it.
Hipster dude #1: Oh, that. I don’t like it.

–4th Ave & 11th St

Posted on November 1, 2015
Cell Phone, Hipsters, Union Square and East Village

“Gay Man” Shouldn’t Be Precluded As a Possibility

Girl #1: Why do I always go for the dicks?
Girl #2: Because otherwise you’d be a lesbian?

–Union Square

Posted on October 12, 2015
Girls, Lesbians, Penis, Union Square and East Village

Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle Of Wednesday One-Liner!

Dude in full garb on Halloween, clearly losing the argument to his friends: But it's not a foreign object to a pirate!

–East Village

Overheard by: chris k

Girl wearing duct tape cat ears on the fountain in Columbus Circle: I have been crowned the pirate queen!

–Columbus Circle

Guy in business casual to woman in business casual: Yeah, that's the thing about parrots. If they smell smoke and you open their cage, they are outta there. Screw that pirate.

–Uptown 3 Train

Young woman on cell: Those pirates are soooo thin.

–9th Ave & 47th St

Posted on October 9, 2015
All Wednesday One-Liners, Animals & Nature, Diet/Weight, Friends, Girls, Guys, Insults, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, On Cell, On the Subway, One-liners, Sensory Experiences, Union Square and East Village, Wednesday One-Liners, Weirdness, Women

The Village Bicycle’s Wednesday One-Liners

Girl on cell: So I asked my doorman if I brought anyone home with me last night and he said he didn’t know! I told him it’s his job to know!

–Outside 145th subway station

Hipster girl: Santa is a man whore!

–45th & 8th

College girl: And then we’re having what I thought was a nice one night stand, and then, he’s all like "what are you doing?"

–Washington Square Park

Overheard by: silvver

Indian girl: I need to up my sex number. I either wanna sleep with a professor or a celebrity. (long pause) Wait! Professors are like celebrities!

–72nd and Amsterdam

Overheard by: Vincent

Teen girl to friend: … And then my mom said to me "don’t be a ho."

–Union Square

Overheard by: Lotte

Girl: She is such a fuckin’ slut. (Pause, then indignantly) How you gonna sleep with someone for four dollars?

–Bergen and Smith

Posted on October 8, 2015
About Celebrities, All Wednesday One-Liners, Bimbettes, Brooklyn, Compare/Contrast, Default, Education, Girls, Hipsters, Holidays, Insults, Jobs & Careers, Money & Class, Native Americans, Offers and requests, On Cell, One Night Stand, Parents, Promiscuity, Prostitution, Questions, Sorority Girls, Street, Subway stations, platforms, etc., Teens, Union Square and East Village, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center, Washington Square Park, Wishes & desires

Isn't That a Lil' Kim Song?

Overweight black woman #1: She's just lying on the beach now, sippin' Bahama Mamas or some shit.
Overweight black woman #2: Shoot, girl. That's the life.
Overweight black woman #1: Ah, hell no. Fuck Bahama Mamas. I need me a penis, alotta.

–St. Mark's Place & 1st

Overheard by: Danny

Posted on October 6, 2015
Black People, Drinking & Drunk People, Fat People, Insults, Penis, Union Square and East Village, Wishes & desires, Women

Jurassic Wednesday One-Liners

College guy: These are the best dinosaurs I've eaten all day!

–Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus

Ecstatic five-year-old girl: The dinosaurs! I can't wait to see the dinosaurs!

–Metropolitan Museum of Art

Overheard by: Miss Guided

Hippie girl: Yeah, I don't know about the eyeballs, but the dinosaurs are great!

–39th St & 8th Ave

Overheard by: Natalie

Girl on stoop: Yo, man, I wish our dinosaurs could talk.

–St. Mark's & 3rd

Overheard by: Anna P.

Girl on cell: Because–you know what? Because I don't etch on my DVDs with pterodactyls!

–Court Street, Brooklyn Heights

Overheard by: Danielle

Guy rooting through trash: If you were a dinosaur I'd be a dinosaur right beside you.

–W 80th & Amsterdam

Posted on October 1, 2015
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Readers: Answer This Overheard Question

Activist: Hey, fur bimbo! How’d you get the blood off your hands?

–St. Mark’s Place

Posted on September 30, 2015
Assholes, Clothing, Union Square and East Village

See My “I'm a Dick” Cufflinks?

High school teen: Excuse me, do you know where the F train is?
Rich suit: Yeah…you can probably tell that I don't take the subway.

–Union Square

Overheard by: you're probably sleazy too

Posted on September 24, 2015
Always Bringing it Back to You!, Assholes, Default, Money & Class, Physical appearance, Public Transportation, Questions, Rich people, Suits, Teens, Union Square and East Village

Career Goal: To Work Hard in a Position I’m Passionate About

Drunk girl: Ummm, we were out and your penis was a topic of conversation.
Sober friend: Oh, yeah?
Drunk girl: Yeah, we think it’s big.
Sober friend: Well, it has some good references. I’ll have him send you a resumé.

–St. Mark’s & 2nd

Overheard by: Morgan SO fetch

Posted on September 20, 2015
Comebacks, Drunks, Girls, Guys, Jobs & Careers, Penis, Talking/Convos, Union Square and East Village

Union Square and East Village