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Then Why Am I Laughing So Hard?
Homeless Advocate: A penny for the homeless! A penny is all we ask. Everyone is ignoring me over a penny. Don't laugh at me. It's not funny.
--Times Square
Wait, What Did His Family Do?
An activist tries to give a guy a pamphlet.
Guy: I don't believe in human rights.
Activist: I hope a tyrant kills your family!
--Times Square
And By 'Remember' I Mean 'Imagine'
A protestor holds a banner reading "Stop the Police State" and is wearing a t-shirt that says the same. He turns to the policeman standing next to him.
Protestor: Do you remember how civilians stopped tanks in Tiannamen Square in 1989? That would NEVER happen here--tanks don't stop for people here.
--Union Square
Food Was Scarce in Indiana
Girl #1: Okay, what should I get? The Gombee burger sounds good. Hey, that kinda sounds like Gandhi...except he probably wouldn't want to eat the burger. Remember that time he was on that hunger strike?
Girl #2: Aren't cows like, sacred to Hindus or something?
Girl #1: Oh! That's probably why he wouldn't have wanted to eat it.
--Columbia University
Activism 101
Protestor: I really want to get arrested. What do you think I should do?
--After a protest outside Stuyvesant Church, East Village
That's Code for, "I'm Lost, Too"
Man: Excuse me, could you tell me where--
Biotech, interrupting: --Look, I don't have time to make up fake directions.
--W Broadway
Headline by: Trey Jackson
Runners-Up:
· "And This Rudeness Is Two Seconds Of My Life I'll Never Get Back" - Markle
· "And, Being a New Yorker, I Certainly Won't Give You Real Ones" - Yana
· "Mapquest's Employee Of the Month" - Claire
· "Or The Knowledge for Real Ones" - DIck
· "So Take a Left Over There" - emily bess
· "Take a Cab. Be Sure You Tell the Driver You're from Out Of Town." - jnr
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I Fully Support You from a Safe Distance
Gay activist with clipboard: Hi there -- do you have a minute for gay rights?
Suit: Not really, no.
--W 4th St & 6th Ave
