Overheard In New York

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Is There Anything She Doesn’t Know?

Eva Amurri to hipster companion: My father was telling me the dangers of aspartame — you know the stuff in Diet Coke? It’s like a sugar. It was once registered as a chemical weapon.
Hipster companion: Yeah?
Eva Amurri: If there is any way to become a superhero, it has to be by drinking Diet Coke.
[later]
Eva Amurri to hipster companion: I can’t remember how it ends… If he dies in a war or if Gatsby gets in a car crash, but he loves Daisy.
[later still]
Eva Amurri: Pasties are Band-Aids that only cover your nipples. –Acela train leaving Penn Station Overheard by: could you maybe namedrop your mom less, Miss Top-Volume-At-All-Times?

But Jack Black Did Make Shark Tales

Guy on cell: Yeah, I spoke to Jack Black about it… right, yeah. I think he’ll do just about anything at this point. [pause] Jack Black. Jack Black. [pause] Oh, Jack White. Jack Black is the comedian. Yeah. –Starbucks, 51st & Broadway Overheard by: Jim

Wednesday One-liners Hit the Premiere

Guy: The thing about Cronenberg is that you have to appreciate him in
context to what he does…which is often unappreciable. –Belmont Lounge, East 15th Street

Wednesday One-liners Go Potty

Chick on cell: It’s a long story involving a lot of urine, but the gist of it is, we can’t use that refrigerator ever again. –Madison Square Garden ladies’ room