One-Liners Are All Wednesday Can Afford

11-year-old girl: Yo mamma's broke cuz she spend all her money on rhinestones and cigarttes!

--Riverside Branch Library

Overheard by: always listening

Polite lady: Go straight down that way and cut through the projects--don't worry, they're mixed income--and you'll see it when you come out on A.

--1st Ave & 5th St.

Overheard by: Mrqs

Old lady waiting for the bathroom: How long do people stay in toilets? Jesus! It's a public toilet! There are all these people from the streets that come in, and they always pee on the floor. Well, that's what happens when you're poor.

--NY Public Library

Overheard by: Avery

Homegirl to friend: So she was like "oh, my name's Diamond. And this is my sister, her name's Ruby. Our daddy named us after stuff he can't afford." I was like, shit, if that was the case, my daddy woulda call us "lights" and "gas."

--Prospect Park

Nerdish teen: What the hell was a warlock doing in a dungeon when he had no money?

--C Train

Overheard by: Andrew