On an old Seinfeld rerun I saw recently, I noticed Jerry said "on line" during a stand-up bit.

I take it joe is from somewhere where they say "in line", has to compensate for years of waiting in line instead of properly waiting on line, most likely mispronounces "Houston Street", and is probably not sure how to say or spell "Schermerhorn Street".

i have to say, if you're not from the tri-state area, "on line" sounds ridiculous and ignorant. you wait in line, you are in the line, in the queue, etc. you are part of it, in it... toby, you say "in line" is a skate, we say "on line" is being connected to the internet, etc. this is a pointless discussion and . as kwanito pointed out, they are interchangeable terms (though the majority of global english speakers, new york area aside, use "in", not "on), and stating that one is 'proper" usage is just silly, considering the regional flux of the english language. toby, you're a dumb ass. wasn't this about cupcakes anyway?

That's so weird... I took almost that exact same picture from the left side of that fence on Monday night.

Toby, I agree with you 100%. I also found a way to explain to the "in line"-ers the logic behind "on line":

It's a state of waiting on a queue, such as being "on time" or "on fire." Or, it's a location, such as being "on this side" or "on that thing"

But yes, it's a way of telling who's not a city kid. These people, along with saying "HEW-stunn Street" also forget to say "on the" Bowery (they just say "Bowery" alone, for some reason). They say "in" instead of "on" the Lower East Side, and say "Can I have a cheese slice for here?" instead of "Gimme a slice to stay."

And don't let me get into how many times these kids say "totally," "like," and "oh...my...God" with a horrible Southern California valley accent.

The retardedness of that video is unprecedented. I don't know what's more appalling, the lack of taste buds on those people, or the most blatant example of sheep mentality I've ever seen.

kwanito let me be a little more clear with the whole "on line" vs. "in line" debate, as it has nothing to do with pesky little things like dictionaries:

"On line" = person from the tri-state area.

"In line" = person not from the tri-state area.

Main Entry: in-line

Pronunciation: 'in-'lIn, "in-

Function: adjective or adverb

: having the parts or units arranged in a straight line; also : being so arranged

seems interchangeable.

I'd probably wait on line with friends as I've never tried the cupcakes or banana pudding. To each his own.

What I don't understand is when people use the term "in line" instead of the proper "on line"to describe a queue. (Some of the same people also tend to mispronounce Houston.) "In line" as we all know is a type of skate and has no relation to a queue of people wating on line.

As for cupcakes the ones you can find at a bake sale tend to be the best and are not overpriced. The problem with Hostess cupcakes you can taste the chemicals, but they are reasonably priced. There was a pretty good prepackaged cupkake that I found at Hoboken Terminal a couple of times and I think it was called something like "Tasty Bake" or "Tasti-Cake". It was more of an upscale Hostess.

last weekend i bought a homemade brownie from an eight year old boy who had set up shop about twenty feet from magnolia. budding entrepreneur, that one.

have the filling in the hostess cupcakes changed? I tried one recently and it was nasty.

as a connoissuer of cupcakes, i must say that magnolia has the best. you can always make your way up to the empty buttercup franchise locations for a savory second if the line is out the door.

obviously none of those have actually tasted the cupcakes they are waiting in line for. i liked the cupcakes about 8 years ago and was excited to go get one when i moved back here this summer. so i went, no line and got one. YUCK. what a waste of money. there are FAR FAR better cupcakes in other parts of the city. but this whole cupcake war thing has gone too far. give me a cannoli any day.

i agree with kevin.

What's the BFD with cup cakes the last few years?

I eat Hostess. The black and white ones with the white filling and the squiggle. Best cup cake ever made.

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neakteak, those are Sex and the City fans not hipsters. Of course, I'm assuming there's little overlap in those two populations...

I walked by there not long ago and a person driving on Bleecker rolled down his window and asked why people were standing in line. A guy walking in front of me replied "A lot of people think it is famous so they stand on line for a cupcake."

Never understood Why waiting on line like that is "fun"...

Columbia student: why do people go to NYU?

Cornell student: I don't know, why?

Dartmouth student (drunk): ablahablhehla skf

U Penn student: what's he saying???

J. Hopkins student: someone get a medic!

Princeton student(high): yo, maaaannn, you dont need a medic, just chill a little...

Yale student: i give up, give me the freaken answer!

Columbia student: alright, people go to NYU to learn how to commit suicide!

Lindsey Lohan & Olsen twins: word up! anorexia!

I agree that the banana pudding kicks cupcake-ass into the land before convection ovens, but no way is it worth *that* line--all you need is a few pints of whipping cream, some nilla wafers and a bunch of bananas.

are these little hipster fuckers really waiting in that line just for a damn cupcake? has SNL really reached such lows that a single funny yet now played out skit is resuscitating to the point of THIS KIND OF LINE??? definitely puts the crazy in crazy delicious. sheeeeeeeeeesh.