HS boy #1: Okay, who’s Pavlov?
HS boy #2: I don’t know, it doesn’t ring a bell.
–N train
Overheard by: Tania D, who “almost died laughing”
- Posted on
- On the Subway, Psychology, Students, Stupidity, Teens
Guy: What language is that?
Girl #1: French.
Guy: Where are you girls from?
Girl #1: Morocco.
Guy: Oh, it’s really beautiful there. Really wealthy too, right?
Girl #2: That’s Monaco.
–Elevator, Lexington between 31st & 32nd
Hipster guy: So where are you from originally?
Cabbie: West Africa.
Hipster guy: Oh, really? Where?
Cabbie: Africous.
Hipster guy: Where?
Cabbie: Afri-cous*.
Hipster guy: Wow. I thought I knew all the countries in Africa.
Cabbie: Yes, you know it. It is beautiful.
–Astoria cab
*Ivory Coast through a West African accent.
Overheard by: Martha K, also in the cab
Girl #1: Seriously, don’t ask me to go dancing if we’re not in South America.
Girl #2: Ha, ha. Yeah. What about Europe?
Girl #1: Eh…
Girl #2: Like, Spain.
Girl #1: Yeah, I guess Spain. And maybe Morocco.
Girl #2: Morocco is in Africa.
Girl #1: Pretend like I didn’t just say that.
Girl #2: Now I understand why you dropped out of college!
–1 train
Overheard by: h. goldmine
White lady: As a black man, how do you feel about Al Sharpton?…Because I know how I feel about him, but I’m not black.
–Office, Park Avenue
Overheard by: Peasant
Hobo: …Lick Al Sharpton’s balls! Suck out his asshole! You’re Democrats! It’s your job!
–18th & 7th
Overheard by: A & J
- Posted on
- About Celebrities, Asshole, Balls, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Hobos, Office, One-liners, Politics, Race, White People
Drunk guy: I lost my voice last night; I haven’t lost my voice since high school.
Sober guy: Only little bitches lose their voice.
Drunk guy: True.
–1st Avenue between 3rd & 4th
Black cyclist guy: Where’s all the black people around here? Did y’all eat all the black people?
White girl: They taste yummy!
–Houston & West Broadway
Overheard by: alyssa
- Posted on
- Black People, Food, Race, The Village, White People
Girl: Are those tighty whities?
Guy: Yeah, it’s laundry day.
Girl: Then why drop your drawers in a bar?
–Danny Boys, Staten Island
Overheard by: bawookie
- Posted on
- Bars & Clubs, Drinking & Drunk People, Drunks, Staten Island
HS girl: So how was your love life over the summer?
HS boy: I hooked up with the Prime Minister of Georgia’s daughter.
–67th & Amsterdam
Actor guy #1: Are you from the South?
Actor guy #2: The South of this country?
–Lehman College
Overheard by: BriGuy Ferrari
- Posted on
- Actors, College, Not New York, School, Stupidity, The Bronx, U.S. Geography
Girl: Is your package big?
Guy: …I don’t know…depends on what my mom ordered.
–116th & Broadway
Overheard by: Bowserhsu
- Posted on
- Moms, Nicknames & name calling, Parents, Penis, People, Pick-up Lines
Chick #1: What is that, [a picture of] a barn?
Chick #2: No, it’s the Globe.
Chick #1: What are you, a wench?
–Perry & West 4th
- Posted on
- Bimbettes, Stupidity, Theater & Dance, Visual Art, West Village
