Nobody Puts Wednesday One-Liner in the Corner!

Blonde white girl to another: And I was all like, "I'm not throwing the baby over the fence!"

–Spring St

Overheard by: Maria Emma

Girl to mother: Oh, look at daddy with the baby in one hand and the bottle of bourbon in the other. And in the morning, too!

–Williamsburg

Condom vendor: Obama and McCain election special condoms! 3 for $10 and 1 for $5, all cheaper than a baby!

–Times Square

Overheard by: Aalok

Mom with stroller to friend: She's incapacitated already, so she might as well have his baby.

–6th Ave & 4th St

Posted on August 6, 2018
Advice, All Wednesday One-Liners, Babies, Compare/Contrast, Condoms, Drinking & Drunk People, For Sale, Friends, Girls, Health and Hygiene, Kids, Moms, One-liners, Parents, Politics, Pregnancy & Birth Control, Soho, Street, Stupidity, The Village, Time, Times Square, Vendors & Street Performers, Violence, Wednesday One-Liners, Weirdness, White People, Williamsburg

Kid, We’re All Sardines in There

Old white man: Go ahead, that’s right. Everyone go ahead. Fucking pathetic.
Black girl: Ha, ha. You smell like sardines.

–3 train

Overheard by: Dae Han

Posted on July 15, 2018
Black People, Food, Old People, On the Subway, Public Transportation, Scents of the City, White People

So There's No Reason to Continue Holding in This Fart

Old Asian lady to black man, in thick accent: You stay back! (clutches her purse)
(white girl watching shakes head, laughs in disbelief)
Black man: Oh, like you know what's up, white girl.
White girl: Oh, I'm Jewish. She probably hates me, too. (pause, then sadly) Now the whole train probably hates me.

–1 Train

Posted on July 10, 2018
Asians, Black People, KKK, Laughter, On the Subway, Paranoia, Public Transportation, Race, White People

Sounds Like This Zebra I Know

Girl #1: So this guy I work with has been hitting on me a lot lately.
Girl #2: Is he Mexican?
Girl #1: No…he’s black or white or something.

–The Cutting Room, West 24th Street

Overheard by: Kate Elizabeth Queram

Posted on June 5, 2018
Bars & Clubs, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Manhattan, Mexicans, Pick-up Lines, Relationships, Sex & Relationships, Stupidity, White People

Once You Go Asshole, You Never Go Back

Passing black man, to white woman: Yo, sis. You so beautiful.

White woman turns away.

Black man: That’s a compliment. From a black man! To a white girl with no ass!

–106th & Broadway

Overheard by: inge

Posted on May 22, 2018
Ass, Beauty, Black People, Compare/Contrast, Compliments, Harlem & Morningside Heights, Men, Players, Race, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center, White People

Dr. King Must Have Been Dreaming

White guy on cell: Yo, shit nigga, this shit the bomb!
Black guy: If you close your eyes, he almost sounds like the real deal.

–Houston & Varick

Overheard by: Adam Nathan

Posted on December 14, 2017
Black People, Multiculturalism, Overheard Style, On Cell, Race, Talking/Convos, The Village, White People

Out of What, Now?

Old white husband: What are lamb chops?
Old black wife: I used to buy them for dinner all the time.
Old white husband: What are they?
Old black wife: I used to buy them for you!
Old white husband: I don’t remember, tell me what they are.
Old black wife: They’re like pork chops, but made out of lamb.

–D train

Overheard by: daniela

Posted on December 9, 2017
Age/Aging, Black People, Compare/Contrast, Couples, Food, Nostalgia, Old People, On the Subway, Talking/Convos, White People

Whipped But Not Pinched

Hubby: That woman just grabbed my ass!
Wifey: Yeah, you wish.

–Outside the Hard Rock, W 57th St.

Overheard by: Ron Marler

Posted on November 30, 2017
Body Parts, Manhattan, Relationships, Restaurants & Cafes, White People

Or You Should Be Good at Math and Stop Talking

Little white boy: Will someone tell him that the Indians were playing the Yankees the other day!!?
Little Indian boy: Will someone tell him that Indians don’t play baseball? I should know, I’m Indian!

–2 train

Posted on November 15, 2017
India Indians, Kids, Multiculturalism, Overheard Style, On the Subway, Sports, Stupidity, White People

Hey, Laura Married Urkel at the End Of That Series

30-something wasp: So she's out of his league and he still treats her bad?
Identical 30-something wasp: I know! If Urkel is gonna date Angelina Jolie, Urkel better fucking step it up!

–50th & 9th

Overheard by: Wes

Posted on July 11, 2017
About Celebrities, Dating, Gossip, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Questions, White People

White People