Youth Is Wasted On The Wednesday One-Liner

Teen dude: You just can't be tall and survive on a mountain!

--Halloween Adventure, 11th St & 4th Ave

Overheard by: da sarkastik ninja.

Teenage boy: Girls are so lucky... They can feel themselves up whenever they want.

--LIRR

High school girl: I said to her: "What they call you?" ... And she said, "TND". And I said, "'TND'?, What's 'TND'"? And she said "Top Notch Diva". [Howls with laughter.] She said "Top notch". Nobody say "Top notch"... That was like, last summer... Top notch... [laughs and snickers] and then she say: "What they call you?" and I said "BB"... "Betta bills". [Howls with laughter.]

--#1 Train

Teen boy, with a sigh: Sometimes the world just isn't as shiny as you want it to be.

--42nd St

Teenager to Mexican friend: Don't make me call immigration on you.

--Q train, to 57th st

Overheard by: LoRna

Teen: I like the beginning part of the Dido song "Thank you", you know, the depressing part, because I can relate to it. Well, aside from the parts about missing the bus because I have a car and paying bills because my parents do that for me.

--Union Square

Overheard by: UCB