Wednesday One-Liners Built the Tower of Babel

Guy: Hey! Where's my Sudanese pussy from Chinatown?

--14th & University


Guy on cell: I'll meet you at the corner by the store with Chinese writing...Hey, wait a minute. All the fucking signs around here have Chinese writing.

--Walker & Lafayette

Overheard by: Wolf


Guy on cell: So, if this is true, then Dracula's native language would be Hungarian rather than Romanian. And I think that is important for my research.

--Anthology Film Archives, 2nd St & 2nd Ave

Overheard by: nosy cinephile


Teen girl: This bag is mad Aztec.

--13th & University


Co-Worker: So, did she mention anything about Mexicans?

--Office, W 36th St

Overheard by: Evan


Well-Traveled girl: Mexico is not a Third-World country. JFK is.

--Tea Lounge, Park Slope


Small child: Mommy, look! You can tell he's Mexican by his eyes!

--Bodies exhibit, South Street Seaport


White girl, to Asian girl: So wait, is he just not Japanese or not interested?

--Walgreens, Union Square

Overheard by: Goldie


Businesswoman: Well you can't kill a Vietnamese man because that would just cost too much.

--I Trulli restaurant, E 27th St


Hobo: You're not Polish; you just think you're Polish!

--Tompkins Square Park


Voice over intercom: Will the foreign exchange student please come to the cashier.

--Century 21


Sassy chick: I can't believe she's moving to fucking Cambodia to live with a fucking cricket-hunter she's only known for two months!

--TGI Friday's, 52nd & 7th

Overheard by: Shaina