Wednesday One-Liners Hope for Conjugal Visits

Trench coat guy on cell: Are they arresting you?

–72nd & West End

Overheard by: orlum

Woman rushing inside: Oh my god! I was almost an eyewitness to something!

–Viacom building, 44th & Broadway

Overheard by: bonster

Man on cell: I’m sorry to bother you, but I really don’t wanna go to jail…

–S 2nd & Bedford Ave

Overheard by: Are All Criminals So Polite?

Guy: That’s so true! He’ll willingly go to jail just for the free sex!

–Union Square Park

Chick toting a baby: Yeah, but I ain’t qualify fo’ that ’cause of all them felonies I got.

–Ridgewood, Queens

Overheard by: Grytsayo

Posted on June 13, 2015
Backdoor, Crime and Punishment, Default, Girls, Gripes, Guys, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Offers and requests, On Cell, Prison, Queens, Questions, Sex, Soho, Union Square and East Village, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center, Women

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 & 86th 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, 3rd 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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And I’m Gonna Tell Dick You Said That

White boy #1: I only like to watch girl-on-girl.
White boy #2: What? You don’t like dick in your porn? That’s fucking gay.

–Union Square

Overheard by: Jesse

Posted on June 12, 2015
Girl-on-Girl, Manhattan, Penis, Porn, Teens, Union Square and East Village, White People

As I Learned from That Last Facebook Quiz

Old guy #1: You want to slap me to death!
Old guy #2: No I don't! I'm not that kind of person!

–St. Mark's Place

Posted on June 12, 2015
Bitch-slap, Death, Old People, Union Square and East Village, Wishes & desires

…Whatever Your Name Is.

Stranger: Hey, big dick!
Black guy: Hey, what's up guy. Not big dick anymore, small dick! (motions with hand)
Stranger: Not what that girl told me last night, haha.
Black guy: Well, alright, take care.

–Union Square

Overheard by: Brandon

Posted on June 11, 2015
Black People, Compare/Contrast, Compliments, Height, Laughter, Penis, Strangers, Union Square and East Village

Wednesday One-Liners Go Looking for a Vein

Girl #1 to girl #2: Wouldn't you just rather have a night where we just get really high and scissor?

–Grand & Union, Brooklyn

Guy on cell: So they're smoking crack and fucking on his mother's bed!

–17th & 8th Ave

Overheard by: Dave

Little kid: Look, I'm on crack!

–Apple Store, Staten Island Mall

Overheard by: Robert

Junkie to junkie companion, standing in front of Band-Aids: I need to test positive for methadone and negative for everything else…

–Walgreens, Union Square

Hobo on train: Does anyone have any money for me? Any food? Any opium? Lots and lots of opium?

–Uptown 6 Train

Overheard by: left my opium stash at home

20-something blond girl on cell: You just have to convince them that you care more about college than you do about drugs, and they'll give you another chance…that's what I did!

–Chinatown Bus

Overheard by: GavinJoyce

Tourist: So I called her up and said, "Come down or you're going to miss breakfast, and I want to have breakfast with you." And all she said was, "I really like opium." and I was like, "Oh, okay."

–33rd & 7th

Overheard by: EthanK

Posted on June 10, 2015
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Our Fashion Sense Relies on It.

Hipster #1 (sighing): I'm sorry, I'm just super cracked out right now.
Hipster #2 (pleased): That's good!

–Union Square

Posted on June 9, 2015
Apologies, Compliments, Default, Hard Drugs, Hipsters, Union Square and East Village

The Stilettos Just Provide Better Traction

Queer: So, I had a great time with Dave last night.
Fruit fly: What’d you guys do?
Queer: He took me to this really great bar, [giggles], and he bought me a drink.
Fruit fly: So, does that mean you’re the girl?
Queer: What?
Fruit fly: So, does that mean you’re the girl?
Queer, offended: Well, not in the bedroom!

–9th & 1st

Posted on June 9, 2015
Compliments, Default, Queer guys, Questions, Sexuality, Union Square and East Village

Maury Povich Says You’re the Wednesday One-Liner

Guy on phone: His dad’s, like, crazy, and he lives in a house all by himself, and the saddest thing is… the saddest thing is this guy’s dad is even uglier than our dad!

–Waverly Place b/w Mercer & Greene

Woman: Don’t even think about humping your father’s feet!

–President & Columbia

[Before the start of the NYC pillow fight.]Pillow-fighter: I’m gonna beat you all down like you were my daddy! [Hits people with his pillow.] Why weren’t you there, dad, why!?

–Union Square

Guy on cell: Hey dude, my flight has been delayed like an hour, yeah it does suck… [Pause.] Dude, from this point on I’m calling you "daddy". No: "big daddy". Yeah, hey big daddy…

–US Airways Terminal, Laguardia Airport

Little girl pointing at a grizzly bear: Daddy! Daddy!

–Museum of Natural History

Posted on June 9, 2015
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That Dead Fly on the Rim Is Almost Like a Little Umbrella

Well-dressed bridge & tunnel young girl: I'll have a cosmopolitan.
Bartender: We don't serve cosmos here.
Well-dressed bridge & tunnel young girl: Fine, I'll have a gin and tonic.
Bartender: We've got two types of beer. Light and dark.
(woman pauses in thought)
Bartender: Here, honey. Try the light. It's kind of like a cosmo.

–McSorley's, Bowery & 7th

Posted on June 9, 2015
Bars & Clubs, Bartenders, Compare/Contrast, Creepsters, Default, Drinks, Girls, Offers and requests, Union Square and East Village

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