Wednesday One-Liners Enter a Persistent Vegetative State

Hipster on cell: Yo, eggplant can be vegetarian, right?

--77th between 2nd & 3rd

Overheard by: Anonymous Ambivore


Middle-Aged woman: Damn vegetarians, always trying to take over the world.

--Starbucks, 51st & Broadway

Overheard by: Emaline


Girl: Are bums allowed to be vegetarian?

--Chipotle, 6th Ave between 21st & 22nd

Overheard by: Rabid-Panda


Guy: She's vegetarian?! I thought she was an alcoholic?

--B7 bus


Shrewd observer: You've had way too much cock in your mouth to be vegan.

--Outside The Lucky Cat, 245 Grand St, Williamsburg

Overheard by: Constintina


Shoeshine man to group of young people: It ain't natural. Our bodies, they have the hormones to digest meat. If we were like a goat--and not to insult you, miss, 'cause you're prettier than a goat--but then that's okay that we don't eat meat. But we ain't. We're carnivores. If you're a vegetarian, you gotta listen to your body. It's tellin' you: "Meat me!" You know, like, "Meat me!"

--Washington Square Park

Overheard by: jacqmander