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
Archive for the ‘One-liners’ Category
Another One Off the Friends List
Angry Girl: And she wrote it on her Live Journal! –14th St. & 1st Overheard by: Tibbie X
Someone Please Punch Her
Bitch: Oh hi! We were just speaking very poorly about you! –Art Gallery, SoHo Overheard by: Tibbie X
Maybe We’ll Type Hamlet
Yuppie: We shouldn’t be using our brains to simulate monkeys. –Broadway & 72nd
The Worst Pick-up Line Ever
Wannabe Player: It is a pleasure to have the honor of being in your company. –Halloween Party, Greenwich Village
…Especially for the Celibate.
Young Woman: The thing I like about New York is that going out doesn’t have to involve drinking. –Williamsburg Cafe
And I Don’t Mean His Voice
Opera Fan: Well the best thing about it is, he’s the closest thing we have to a castrato today. –UES
Not Literally, I Hope
Guy: We’re all stuck in a loop of bullshit. –Odessa, Ave. A
Too Bad They Don’t Give You Poison, Too
Human Leech: Oh, what you have to do is calculate your monthly income–and make sure you include in that the amount of money that your parents give you every month. –Beacon’s Closet, Williamsburg
A unique vocabulary
Hispter eating in Bonita in Williamsburg: “…and they have their own vocabulary, using phrases like, ‘hanging out.’”