Wednesday One-Liners

His mom will make you feel guilty about it tomorrow

Girl 1: I just saw, like, 3 cute Jewish-looking guys.
Girl 2: Yeah, that one in the window?
Girl 1: Yeah.
Girl 2: Wanna go touch his butt?

–48th and 9th

Overheard by: alexie
Headline by: lori

Runners-Up:
· “Boy, if I had a quarter for every time someone said that about me, I’d have…..35 cents.” – Adam
· “By That I Mean Marry Him For His Money” – dean morris
· “Diaper Change Time at the Mt. Sanai Maternity Ward…” – Warren Freeman
· “Goy chicks are, like, so daring” – DJG
· “It’s only Trayf if you eat him” – djingo
· “Jewish: The Other White Meat” – James
· “Or we could go tweak that catholic-looking guy’s nipples” – morgz
· “Pants so tight you can see his religion” – scarfaccio
· “Satan Would Approve” – hl
· “The “Shiksa Shocka”” – Vick
· “Ugh… the cute ones are ALWAYS jewish” – Jnice
· “Yeah, That Wallet Is Huge.” – Keith Becker

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Wednesday One-Liners Need Rubber Sheets

Fat, middle-aged female crossing guard: Every time I do that I shit the bed.

–29th St & 30th Ave, Astoria

Overheard by: JimmyJohn

Guy: I’ve pissed the bed before. Hell, [gesturing towards girl] I’ve pissed on her!

–48th & 8th

The United Colors of Wednesday One-Liners

Young guy: I was in a spaceship speaking Arabic.

–Chambers & Broadway

White guy on cell: You’re Japanese. You should like Swiss.

–Penn Station

Overheard by: Lizzerd

Wednesday One-liners, Dates Gone Wrong

Girl on cell: The alcoholic who waved a shotgun at you on Valentine’s Day? That’s who’s taking you to the Al-Anon meeting?

–Bowery & Houston

Girl on cell: The two guys you slept with — their friend told me to tell you that he has herpes.

–42rd & Lex

Wednesday One-liners Seek Medical Attention

Doctor: Well, I can’t guarantee that after the circumcision it will look exactly like what you described.

–New York Presbyterian Hospital

Guy: I need to see a doctor. I’m not dying, but I have a leaking, stinking navel.

–Doctor’s office, 67th & Amsterdam

Wednesday One-liners Are Ahead of the Curve

Guy: I might move to the South Bronx/Washington Heights. SoBro is getting gentrified.
I’d like to get there before all the hipsters move in.

–Upper West Side

Overheard by: Jess McGins

Girl: Just start saying it, they’ll think you’re cool. It’s New York.

–SoHo

Overheard by: Jess McGins

Totally Gay Wednesday One-liners

Nerdy high school girl: I got a B+ on my freaking Holocaust essay. How gay is that?

–Q17 bus, Flushing

Overheard by: Lisa Berlin

Queerspotter: He’s so far inside the closet, he’s in Narnia.

–11th between 1st and A

Overheard by: Vinny C.

Drag queen: There are only two lesbian bars in New York, and that is because there are only five lesbians who tip.

–xl, 16th & 9th

Overheard by: Nick Salvato

The Wednesday One-liners Class Struggle

Hipster girl: She was all, “Yeah, Betsy is my best friend,” and I was like, “Best friend? That is so fucking bourgeois.”

–L train

Girl: I know you made it. Look at you. You got a BlackBerry. Yeah, you made it. You got that good-smelling leather.

–Elevator, 12th & 5th

Overheard by: Thirsty Violet

Professor lady: Yes, we’ll be going into debt a lot as the semester goes on.

–Parsons School of Design

Overheard by: Ray

Teen boy: Anyone on this train wanna buy some candy? It’s not for a basketball team or something, it’s for me so I can buy more candy.

–2 train

Overheard by: Sarah

Intercom: Please take a headset before you get on the plane, because they’re free now. They’re actually free once you get on the plane, but I charge $50 labor for bringing them to you once you’re on. So it’s in your best interests to take one now. Can you tell I’m a happy person?

–LaGuardia

Chick: I’m not even gonna try applying for a Gap card; they’ll never give it to me. I don’t know what it is about Gap; they always know if you have bad credit.

–The Gap, 34th & Broadway

Overheard by: Dianora

Tween boy: What do you mean, I can’t get anything? I’m the one with a job.

–Key Food, Park Slope

Overheard by: Shack

…Their Old Familiar Carols Play…

Woman: We were playing Christmas music last night. If you listen to the words, a lot of those songs really mean something.

–Rockefeller Center

Yuppie girl #1: God, this train is so crowded.
Yuppie girl #2: I hate it when the train is packed like this.
Yuppie girl #1: I just want to shove people, but there’s nowhere to shove them to, it’s so crowded.
Guy: Whoa, peace on earth, goodwill toward men, everyone just settle down.

–1 train

Overheard in the Headlines: The Strike

Old lady: They are going to strike? They should put up signs fuckers! I see you looking at me you skinny bitch, fuck you.
Conductor: The doors are closing.
Old lady: Can’t put up signs but the fucker is telling me the doors are closing.

–F train

Hobo: Don’t worry about the strike, we’ll all fly to work! Flap our wings and fly!

–14th & 7th

Guy: I was there at the strike in 1980; I remember it well. It went on for two weeks. Of course, they could never have it that long now. The population of the city has doubled since 1980.

–Bowling Green station

Overheard by: greek goddess

Conductor: Shit, I’ll get nasty right now. I’ll pull the brakes, see how they like that.

–1 train

Overheard by: Priscilla Castillo

Tween boy: So how’s the strike going?
Bus driver: If there was a strike I wouldn’t be here, you moron.

–M15 bus

Overheard by: Sara’s Hot

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