Wednesday One-Liners

Black kid: He don’t know if he’s a fag, man. He’s at that time, you know, your body’s changing.

–Chambers Street station

Twink: Why does every gay bar smell the same?
–Urge, 2nd Avenue

Overheard by: Scott Anderson

Lesbian: Then I had an epiphany: I realized I had a mullet. And I started to cry.

–17th & 6th

Dramasexual: Do you want to come up to my place and “ease on down the road”?

–1/9 train

Queer: Oh my gawd that dawg looks just like my Janet (I named her after Janet Jackson, god bless her). My dawg’s name was Janet, my cat’s name was Janet, Janet Janet Janet! And the cat was a boy, too.

–Union Square dog run

Overheard by: Lisa G.

Softball coach: Who’s not here? Who’s ever not here, raise your hand!

–Prospect Park

Overheard by: Andrea

Woman: Some people are idea people but don’t do anything about it, and some people are executioners.

–2/3 train

Hippie: Yeah, it sucks, he needs a quintuplet bypass!

–Red Hook post office

Overheard by: Mia Mylet

Girl: Well, I’m taking Portuguese this semester, ’cause it’s a requirement to be an accountant.

–NYU Bobst Library

Overheard by: Greg

Woman: Every time I date Greek men I get fat…Every single time!

–South Cove, Battery Park City

Guy on cell: I know man, sometimes I wish you were her husband instead of me.

–Starbucks, Union Square West

Overheard by: alison

Chick on cell: …so I said, “Stop calling me. It was a one night stand.”

–F train

Black queer: So who is this guy, anyway? Has anybody even met this guy you say you’re dating? Or is he like that “Bob” guy you put in your car so you can drive in the H.O.V. lane?

–Times Square

Guy: She has…two one-eyed cats. She’s never getting engaged.

–Madison Square Park

Hobo: She’s fine, I’d fuck her…her too. And that one. And….ooh, not her, you can have that one.

–Madison Square Park

Old hobo: Who the fuck said black people are dangerous? The next person I hear say that I am throwing in the next dumpster!

–40th & 8th

Hobo: People, if you do not have a useable skill and/or a good pussy, you do not get that train ticket home!

–Times Square

Crazy lady: I spent two years single, and then I met Jesus. And Jesus and I have been together for four years. And Jesus never forgets to call and check in once in awhile. He says, “Hey, how you doin’?”.

–Sunnyside

Overheard by: Mikey

Guy: He was into wearing slippers without socks. Like Jesus.

–Union Square station

Subway preacher: Jay Z ain’t gonna save ya! Jesus’ll save ya!

–West 4th Street station

Hobo: I’m homeless! I’m battling child abuse! The Jews and the Irish are spreading lies about me!

–14th Street between 5th & Union Square

Overheard by: a Jewish-Irish girl

Hobo: Nice chickie, hot, another one, good, love them, there’s a good one. No, wait: that’s a guy.

–29th & Madison

Bald hobo: If I was tall they’d braid my hair! But no, I’m short, so they won’t braid my hair!

–Grand Central

Overheard by: Jeremy

Hobo: I’m technologically impaired. Spare a cell phone? An iPod?

–St. Mark’s & 1st Ave

Overheard by: Rose Yndigoyen

Guy: My life is beginning to feel distinctly like the Special Olympics.

–10th & Broadway

Overheard by: Nick Bremer

Dude: All I’m wearing is the clothes on my back.

–D train

Fratboy: Yo, I’m pretty sure only the retarded baby survived!

–Cozy Cafe, 1st Street

Woman: I want to stay inside Disney World. I’m going to see the Bain de Soleil Circus and everything.

–50th & 7th

Overheard by: O. Pressed

Dude on cell: So he’s getting married?…So he’s getting married in Wyoming?…So he’s getting married by Elvis?

–Houston & Varick

Teen mom: Someday I’m gonna get out of here and have fun. Like go to Gray’s Papaya or something.

–Central Park

Overheard by: Tyla

Homeboy: I don’t discriminate. If anyone messes with my family, or my kids, I’m taking their life.

–Bx21 bus

Overheard by: Fiona

Chick on cell: I don’t know…I think I’m in Queens. The train’s above ground…I lost my keys and I have to be at work in 45 minutes. I’ll guess I’ll go in the same clothes…I don’t know what he does. I think something at night, though. I took his money.

–7 train

Girl on cell: That’s very nice to diagnose yourself like that but, really, fuck you…I still think you’re, like, a sociopath or something.

–6th Ave. between 50th & 51st

Asian yuppie: I think Victoria’s Secret is turning into the new McDonald’s.

–18th & 6th

Guy: Oh man, Gristedes can suck me off!

–Whole Foods, Union Square

Chick on cell: She just got this amazing job where she can live anywhere she wants in the Midwest!

–Prince & Broadway

Lady: You don’t have plastic bags? This is New York!

–Chipotle, E. 8th Street