Clothes Make the Wednesday One-liners
Guy: You know, for a hundred dollars, you can get that old mink stole
made into a teddy bear!
--M104 bus
Overheard by: Ron Caldwell
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Dude: Yo, I hate it when guys like, ride the train without their shirt on and stuff. It's nasty.
--1 train
Overheard by: Katherine
Guy: You can put sneakers in the oven, but that don't make them biscuits.
--St. John's University, Queens
Overheard by: mina pastagia
Queer: ...and he stretched, but he was obviously doing it so his shirt would ride up so he could show off how much weight he'd lost, and I was like, "Ugh, that's not coming anywhere near
my area."
--V train
Overheard by: Duncan Pflaster
Dude: People react differently to me in a suit. It's like they sense that it's who I really am.
--2 train
Girl: Let me look. I'm, like, the Sherlock Holmes of underwear.
--Conway's, 35th Street & Broadway
Woman: Then the models come in on drugs, still in their outfits, vomiting everywhere, and people are yelling, "
What did they take?" That's what my Fashion Week is like.
--8th Street & 5th Avenue
Overheard by: e. FITZ
Old man on cell: Hi. What? Are you in stupid mode?...You're having a senior moment?...I wanna go see that underwear.
--Post Office, 38th & 7th
Overheard by: benb
Hipster girl: American Apparel makes me want to fucking kill myself.
--Houston & Orchard
Overheard by: stephanie k
Old man: Are they nice ties? Yes! Are they the nicest ties I have ever seen? No! Let's go!
--70th & Madison
Overheard by: Ryan Summers
Chick: No, seriously, look at her legs. It's beyond cottage cheese thighs. Her whole legs are cottage cheese. It looks like she poured herself into her pantyhose.
--Parsons School of Design
Store guy: I have been a bartender and a waiter but I have never been the host. There is no way to estimate how long it will take to fit someone's breast into a bra. This is an art, not a science, people!
--Town Shop, 82nd & Broadway
Overheard by: heidi schmid
Security guy: I'm surprise I haven't seen nobody wearing shorts.
--The Met
Overheard by: Maddy Moop
Woman: You know, there is something to be said for dressing seasonally. Seasonably? Whatever. I mean, it's cool if you want to wear a tube top to the bar or whatever, but when girls are going out in these little tube tops, wear a jacket! You know? No outfit is cool unless you're comfortable in it. To a degree.
--Union Square
Overheard by: Nicole
Crazy guy: I'm poor! I'm poor! I'm poor! I'm poor! Won't somebody please buy me a pair of dungarees? I really need some dungarees.
--M11 bus
Overheard by: Michael Boeglin
Guy: Damn, girl! You look like either a nurse or a maid! I can't tell if you're serving drinks or starting an IV!
--Forever 21, Union Square
Overheard by: Stef