AMNew York Guy: Free Spanish newspaper! Assimilation doesn’t mean you have to give up your heritage!
–Park Slope
White girl: That’s terrible! The only thing I want my kids to be that I’m not is half-black.
–Columbia University
Southern woman: Why George, I’m just so proud of yew; I thought yew’d be grossed out by the Blue Man Group.
–Marriott Marquis, Times Square
Overheard by: Beantown Interloper
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- All Wednesday One-Liners, Compliments, Idiots, Names, Southerners, Theater & Dance, Times Square
Queer #1: I like being a corporate lawyer. Being “The Man” is awesome.
Queer #2: Because you’re not “the man” in the bedroom.
–Therapy, W. 52nd Street
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- Bars & Clubs, Gays and Lesbians, Jobs & Careers, Lawyers, Queer guys
Woman #1: Oh, look over there… that is just tragic.
Woman #2: What?
Woman #1: Ugly twins.
–15th & 5th
Overheard by: Manhattman
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- Biotechs, Family Ties, Insults, Union Square and East Village
Drunk Asian girl: We should totally go salsa dancing.
Drunk white girl: Yeah, that would be so fun.
Drunk Asian girl: We’d be the only white people there, though.
–J train
Overheard by: Jim VB
NYU girl: So do they like hate everyone?
NYU boy: No, not everyone; just white people.
–Union Square
Girl #1: Are you stinking up the room?
Girl #2: Yeah.
Girl #1: God, I haven’t eaten in like three days. I would love to take a shit right now.
–Flatiron Lounge ladies’ room, W. 19th Street
Overheard by: Babs Monroe
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- Girls, Poop, Stall Spies
Girl #1: I so passed out last night. As soon as my head hit the pillow I was out like a truck.
Girl #2: …A what?
–Inwood
Overheard by: Elizabeth
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- Friendship, Girls, Washington Heights and Inwood
Roach coach guy: How was your trip?
Hipster girl: Oh good! But I didn’t go…
–31st & 6th
Overheard by: Stephanie Landry
Old man #1: Whatever happened to her?
Old man #2: Oh…her? She died.
Old man #1: She died?
Old man #2: Yeah. She died.
Old man #1: Did you kill her?
–Fort Greene
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- Brooklyn, Death, Murder, Old People
