“There's No Wednesday One-Linering in Baseball!”

Dad to whiny three-year-old daughter: And now you're going to try and manipulate me by crying.

–186th St & Ft. Washington Ave

Girl to friends: That's just the way the world is. You don't see me cryin' whenever someone calls me a fat bitch or a short bitch or an ugly bitch…

–23rd & 8th

15-year-old boy: Yo, I'd cry if that happened to me, but I'm just sensitive like that.

–A Train

Overheard by: pop pop

Girl: And then you know I take out my yo-yo and start dancing. And then you know I'm multi-tasking! I'm yo-yoing, dancing and crying all at the same time!

–LaGuardia High School

Woman on cell: Alex, stop crying. Stop crying. What about the breadsticks, were there at least breadsticks?

–34th & 6th

Posted on September 23, 2014
All Wednesday One-Liners, Beauty, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Crying, Dads, Dancing, Family Ties, Fast Times at New York High, Food, Friends, Girls, Harlem & Morningside Heights, Insults, Kids, Murray Hill and Gramercy, Nicknames & name calling, On Cell, On the Subway, One-liners, Physical appearance, Questions, Should've Used a Condom, Street, Stupidity, Teens, Wednesday One-Liners, Weirdness, Women

Tour De Wednesday One-Liners

Fat tourist: Exactly, like, I know Disney trivia, but of course I don't know general trivia.

–Ellis Island

Overheard by: Cat

Female tourist with Irish accent, reading leaflet: Jaysas lads, it only took them 14 months to build this, I wonder if it's okay like.

–Empire State Building

Overheard by: joanie

Tourist gazing up at the Empire State Building: They sure could fit a lotta hay in there!

–Outside Empire State Building

Overheard by: Duppy

Tourist: Where do they keep the cemeteries around here?

–Next to St. Paul's Cemetery/Church

Female tourist: Oh my god, I can't believe we're on the 6… Just like J.Lo.

–Downtown 6 Train

Overheard by: Courtney C.

Overzealous British tourist father, pointing at map: Okay, everyone. We're passing by Madison Square Gardens. They must be lovely at this time of year. We're on the Metropolitan Line, see? The Met Line. Just like in London. We're going to get off at Rector Street. It's the last stop before Brooklyn, so if we miss our stop, we'll be in Brooklyn, and we don't want that! Look, now there are no more numbers. When there are no more numbers in the station names, that means we're at the bottom of the underground. Oh, look, it's Chinatown. This is where all the orientals get off.

–R Line

Overheard by: office peon is one of those Orientals…

Female tourist: Know what? Fuck it, I just want to go back to my hotel room and take a shit.

–Canal St

Posted on September 20, 2014
About Celebrities, All Wednesday One-Liners, Brits, Compare/Contrast, Dads, Death, Disney, Empire State Building, Fat People, Hudson River, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, NYC Geography, On the Subway, Poop, Public Transportation, Questions, Race, Soho, Stupidity, Time, Tourism, Tourists, Wall Street, TriBeCa, South Street Seaport, Weirdness, Wishes & desires, Women, Words

Raise Your Hand If You Think That Woman Spat in It

A girl finishes her Starbucks drink.

Woman: That’s right, suck it down. Good to the last drop.
Girl: For $4.50, you better believe I am!

–1 train

Overheard by: Megan C.

Posted on September 19, 2014
Coffee, On the Subway, Women

The Same Thing Often Happens to Superheroes

Meter maid cop: Excuse me, can you tell me what street this is?
Woman: It’s 25th… Aren’t you supposed to know?!
Meter maid cop: Yeah, but sometimes we get lost.

–25th & 9th Ave

Overheard by: nina bina

Posted on September 19, 2014
Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Cops, Default, Directions, Questions, Weirdness, Women

Wednesday One-Liners: Straight, Not Narrow

White woman to friend: Wow, this is a great place to meet straight people!

–Madison Square Garden

Dude to female passenger: If I was straight, I'd be hitting that, but I'm not straight, so I won't be hitting that.

–Downtown A Train

Overheard by: Maggie

Yelling blonde: What's my type? He should be straight, that's my type.

–68th & Columbus

Amateur philosopher: If I wasn't straight, I'd totally be gay.

–Edward R. Murrow High School, Brooklyn

Overheard by: Headaches

Teen girl to friend: They're not gay! They're just old!

–Park Slope

Overheard by: Peter

Posted on September 19, 2014
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Never Shit in a Woman’s Eclair. Never.

Au Pair: I think that I should give you the time-out because that was not right what you did.
Little girl: No!
Au Pair: I am not hearing you because you are timed-out now.

–54th between 6th and 7th

Overheard by: Paul Drew

Posted on September 18, 2014
Kids, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Women

They Can Stuff a Lot of Chew in Those Cheeks

Woman #1: Do you think squirrels get addicted to nicotine?
Woman #2: Oh my God! I feel so bad for them. I mean they must, right? What with all the cigarette butts they eat.

–6 train

Posted on September 18, 2014
Animals & Nature, Drugs, Idiots, On the Subway, Women

So Close

Woman: So, what does Les Miserables translate into? “The Miserables”?
Man: Uh, yeah. Isn’t that obvious? It’s Spanish!

–Les Miserables, Theater

Overheard by: hjane

Posted on September 17, 2014
Books & Writing, Default, Languages, Men, Questions, Stupidity, Theater, Theater & Dance, Women

The New York Definition Of “Being Nice”

Woman to toddler: You gotta be nice to Jenny.
Toddler: No!
Woman: No, you gotta be nice to Jenny, even though she's a fat-ass. Jenny is a fat-ass. Haha, fat-ass Jenny!

–Downtown A Train

Overheard by: Rose Fox

Posted on September 15, 2014
Advice, Education, Insults, Kids, Physical appearance, Trains Not Subway, Women

… Mom

Lady: You’re making me wet… I SAID you’re making me wet.
Man: Yes, I tend to have that effect on the ladies.
Lady: With your umbrella.
Man: I’m flattered, but it’s not that big.

–1 train

Overheard by: Sloane

Posted on September 13, 2014
Getting Off, Men, On the Subway, People, Places, Sex, Topics, Weather, Women

Women