Do Wednesday One-Liners Measure Up?

Eastern European in velour jumpsuit, approaching guy on street: Sup, cuz. Hey, remember to give it to Ricky tonight for that thing tomorrow. It's a good size. Alright, see you later.

–89th & 3rd

Overheard by: Ben A

Girl to friends: And then she was like, "yeah, let me look at you with my weirdly oversized eyeballs."

–Court St., Brooklyn

Overheard by: iwn2000

Female suit on phone: We need to get them! (pause) No! They're too big! They won't fit in the hole!

–Broadway

Guy: Masculinity is determined by the size of your (slight pause) army…

–Millennium High School

Little girl, carrying tiny stick: Look! I have the biggest stick in the world!

–Central Park

Posted on August 2, 2015
All Wednesday One-Liners, Body Parts, Brooklyn, Central Park, Compare/Contrast, Eurotrash, Fast Times at New York High, Friends, Gender issues, Girls, Guys, Height, Kids, Offers and requests, On Cell, One-liners, Penis, Physical appearance, Strangers, Street, Suits, Upper East Side, Vagina, War, Wednesday One-Liners, Weirdness

Wednesday One-Liners?

Woman, picking up rubber ball, to employee: Oh, what can you do with this?

–Scholastic Store, Soho

Freshman girl: What do we, like, throw in the recycling bin?

–Leon M. Goldstein High School

Overheard by: Robert Gleyberman

Woman, descending stairs onto train platform: Oh my god! Is that a train?

–Penn Station

Overheard by: curious to know what else she was expecting to see at a train station…

Random tourist to young Asian kid: Do you sell fake bags?

–Canal Street Station

Astute shopper: Do you take Duane Reade cards here?

–Duane Reade

Overheard by: fellow customer

Guy on cell: Bagels with butter? Where am I gonna get that?

–Upper East Side

Overheard by: sarahjane

Posted on July 28, 2015
9 to 5-ers, All Wednesday One-Liners, Asians, Duane Reade, Fast Times at New York High, Guys, Idiots, Junk Food & Fast Food, Kids, Knock-Offs, Money & Class, On Cell, One-liners, Penn Station, Public Transportation, Questions, Shopping, Soho, Store, Street, Students, Stupidity, Subway stations, platforms, etc., Tourists, Train Station, Upper East Side, Wednesday One-Liners, Weirdness, Women

The Relationship Between Cause and Effect Is Tricky to Pin Down

Rich girl #1: It was so ANNOYING! I mean, boom, eighty bucks!
Rich girl #2: I hate losing money! Where were you?
Rich girl #1: Shopping.
Rich girl #2: I hate when that happens.

–Starbucks, 59th & Columbus

Posted on July 26, 2015
Girls, Money & Class, Rich people, Shopping, Starbucks, Stupidity, Upper East Side

Don't Let Your Kids Go to This Site, Dear Reader

Mother: Don't be embarrassed if I teach you some internet safety rule.
11- year-old girl: Yeah, by telling me the million and one things they can do to me.

–97th St & 5th Ave

Overheard by: NYC Kid

Posted on July 26, 2015
Education, Internet, Kids, Moms, Paranoia, Parents, Upper East Side

Let's Get Ready to Wednesday One-Liiiiiiiiiiner!

Chick on cell: It attacked me this morning. I attacked it this afternoon.

–113th St

Overheard by: Wild Dog Boy

Six-year-old boy on train platform to grown man eyeing him: Stop looking at me or I'm going to beat you up!

–NJ Transit

Overheard by: Turning away now.

Hipster on cell: Wait…so he hit you with the broom first, right?

–60th & Lex

Overheard by: Easy Does It

Shopper on her cell: If one of these little kids steps on my toes one more time I'm gonna pinch the motherfuckers.

–Ikea in Red Hook

Woman in bathroom: No, there's no toilet paper. You wanna throw down?

–Port Authority

Posted on July 25, 2015
All Wednesday One-Liners, Body Parts, Boys, Customers, Girls, Hipsters, Kids, Not New York, Offers and requests, On Cell, On the Subway, Port Authority, Punch, Store, Threats, Time, Upper East Side, Violence, Women

You Think They’re Your Friends? That’s So Cute.

Jogger girl #1: We should go out tonight to this cool new bar I heard of.
Jogger girl #2: Okay, where is it?
Jogger girl #1: Somewhere in the Fla-teer-on District.
Jogger girl #2: … You mean the Flatiron District?
Jogger girl #1: Oh my god, I’m such an idiot. I’ve been telling all my friends at work about it — why haven’t they corrected me?

–88th & York

Overheard by: Moderately amused

Posted on July 24, 2015
Bimbettes, Clubs, Friends, NYC Geography, Stupidity, Upper East Side, Words

A Close Brush With Inadvertant Homosexuality

Guy #1: Oh, yeah, I’ve been making money writing porn stories for years.
Guy #2: Really?
Guy #1: Yeah, I write with a female pen name.
Guy #2: That’s kind of weird.
Guy #1: Yeah, my pen name is —
Guy #2: OH! Don’t tell me, man!
Guy #1: Whuh?
Guy #2: I may have jerked off to it.

–Starbucks, 74th & 3rd

Overheard by: Naked Lunch

Posted on July 21, 2015
Books & Writing, Friends, Masturbation, Porn, Starbucks, Upper East Side

Which I Will Never Be Able to Forget

Black lady #1: So, I was talking to my man, and I was like, ‘I don’t want no balls in my face like you don’t need no titties in yo’s!’
Black lady #2: I did not need to hear that shit.

–106th & Park

Posted on July 17, 2015
Balls, Black People, Rack, Upper East Side

You Need to Work on Your Technique

Jewish guy: Fat Jewish girls love Tasti D-Lite.
Jewish girl: So do Jewish guys.
Jewish guy: That’s because I’m trying to find a wife.

–3rd St & 92nd Ave

Posted on July 16, 2015
Food, Jews, Judaism, Upper East Side

It’s a Field Waiting for a Go-Getter Like Her

Chick #1: I think I would be a good homeless person. I would definitely be able to do it!
Chick #2: How? What the hell do you mean?
Chick #1: I can fall asleep anywhere now, and I could live off of beans and water… What? I could.

–175 Water St

Overheard by: Raquel

Posted on July 16, 2015
Girls, Homeless, Jobs & Careers, Upper East Side