Carpenter, Not a Mason

Ghetto guy: I meant to say it like dat, dat’s my new ting, the Jamaican vibe.
Girl : Jamaicans don’t talk like that. Weirdo.
Ghetto guy: Yeah, they do. Hater. I tink usa hater, mon! Blocka, blocka, blocka.
Girl: I’m about to swing a block against your head. I know a lot of Jamaicans. They don’t talk like that.
Ghetto guy: I ain’t pickin at ’em. I just like how they talk. And the day you swing a block at my head, you betta know Jesus!

–Chan Library of Fine Arts, East 78th Street

Posted on April 3, 2006
Friendship, Manhattan, Multiculturalism, Overheard Style, Stupidity, Thugs, Upper East Side

Wednesday One-liners Count Calories

Woman on cell: Caviar? Nigga, ain’t no caviar in Harlem.

–57th & 8th

Posted on March 29, 2006
Brooklyn, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Chinatown, Food, Hobos, Manhattan, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Money & Class, Murray Hill and Gramercy, On Cell, On the Subway, One-liners, Queers, Sex, Sex & Relationships, Teens, The Village, Upper East Side, Washington Heights and Inwood, Williamsburg

Wednesday One-liners Love Their Mommy

Woman: Well, he should just get over it. Who doesn’t have a mother who died?

–MOMA cafeteria

Overheard by: Deborah Freeman

Posted on March 29, 2006
Arts & Letters, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Crime and Punishment, Death, Health and Hygiene, Hobos, Manhattan, Marriage, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, More museums, On Cell, On the Subway, One-liners, Parents, Pick-up Lines, Poop, Pregnancy & Birth Control, Relationships, Restaurants & Cafes, Sex & Relationships, Should've Used a Condom, Stupidity, Union Square and East Village, Upper East Side, Violence

Wednesday One-liners Turn Up the Radio

Tween girl: The thing most people don’t get about techno is, it’s so emotional.

–76th & 2nd

Overheard by: Rachel

Posted on March 29, 2006
About Celebrities, Brooklyn, Central Park, Health and Hygiene, Hobos, JAPs, Manhattan, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Music, On Cell, On the Subway, One-liners, Parents, Pop Culture, Restaurants & Cafes, STDs, Subway conductors, Teens, The Bronx, Times Square, Union Square and East Village, Upper East Side

Wednesday One-liners Flick the Clicker

Chick: She’s like a human Muppet…But not sexually.

–Bleecker & Sullivan

Overheard by: John Auld

Posted on March 29, 2006
Brooklyn, College, Columbia (& Barnard), Harlem & Morningside Heights, Manhattan, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Old People, On Cell, One-liners, Pop Culture, Sex, Sex & Relationships, The Village, TV, Union Square and East Village, Upper East Side

Popeye’s Does the Voodoo Stuff

Teen girl #1: We’re not going to KFC! Their food is, like, poison.
Teen girl #2: Yeah, they kill their chickens alive.

–96th & Lexington

Overheard by: AG

Posted on March 27, 2006
Food, Junk Food & Fast Food, Manhattan, Stupidity, Teens, Upper East Side

Wednesday One-liners Will Miss Greenspan

Chick on cell: I need you to give me a ride home when I get off the bus. My grandma has been standing in front of my house for over one hour…I bet you anything she needs money again.

–Port Authority

Overheard by: Julio