<b><a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/003501.html">A Prescription of Wednesday One-liners</a></b><br/>
Old lady: I'm telling you: she's allergic to snow!
--28th & Park
Overheard by: Eliot Glazer
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Scarlett Johansson on cell: It kinda looked swollen.
--Union Square
Guy: And he's had a couple drinks, and he's at the bar hitting on this girl. So they're talking and laughing a bit, and he starts fucking around with her keys, joking around, but he starts coughing a bit, and tearing up...Long story short, at some point he accidentally must have hit the button on her can of Mace. Within a few minutes they have to clear the whole goddamn bar out because nobody can fucking breathe.
--Around the Clock, Stuyvesant Street
Overheard by: Rob Vincent
Cashier girl: Bye, sir! Thank you! And feel better...you look sick!
--Starbucks, 57th & Lexington
Chick: This is from another country? I want <em>here</em> medicine!
--Office, Rockefeller Plaza
Overheard by: pixelvisions
Teen girl: You're going to end up in intensive care! Wait, that's just for babies...I used to watch <em>ER</em> a lot so I know about this stuff.
--A train
Overheard by: Romy and Michele
Guy: Isn't mono just a diagnosis for people who are like, I don't know...pretty lazy?
--Downtown Brooklyn
Girl: See, I'm allergic to Vicodin. I took some before I let my boyfriend do me in the ass, and ended up just getting done in the ass and having a stomachache.
--Metro-North
Man on cell: I do feel better today...and I don't think it was the placebo.
--Office, 23rd & Park
Conductor: Attention passengers, a customer passed out, don't know when we'll be moving.
--C train
Overheard by: Sway <br/>via <a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/">Overheard in New York</a>, Nov 16, 2005