Girl #1: These paintings are so bright and colorful, but sad.
Girl #2: I know what you mean. Chagall does that. It’s like really bright crazy colors but then makes you feel awful.
Girl #1: It’s so Jewish.
–Guggenheim Museum
Overheard by: Vicki
- Posted on
- Arts & Letters, Girls, Jews, Judaism, Museums
Two teens are watching Jeopardy! through a store glass window.
Teen boy #1: I can read lips; that guy said he liked to suck cock.
Teen boy #2: You mean, “What is, ‘I like to suck cock’?”
–14th & B
Overheard by: meghan
- Posted on
- BJs, Body Parts, Boys, Questions, Teens, TV, Union Square and East Village
Girl #1: He’s coming into town to visit me this weekend…but he says he doesn’t wanna leave the house except to go eat sushi.
Girl #2: Ew, sushi.
Girl #1: I know, right? He expects me to eat that shit? I’m not a fucking polar bear.
–7 train
Overheard by: rachel
- Posted on
- Ethnic Food, Girls, On the Subway
Filthy man: You three ladies know this dude?
Girl #1: Uh, yeah.
Filthy man: Oh. Okay. ‘Cause I was about to pull out my AK47 and shoot him dead.
The elevator stops.
Filthy man: You all have a nice night.
–Hotel Carter, West 43rd Street
Overheard by: onesong
Hobo: Hey dude, got a drink?
Guy: No, man. If I gave you a drink I’d be enabling you. You know what that is? I’ll be helping you by not getting you a drink.
Hobo: You’ve gotta be fucking kidding me.
–St. Marks & 1st
Overheard by: Jasmine Moy
Drunk girl: Can you tell me where 3rd and 12th is?
Guy: You’re standing on it.
Drunk girl: Do you know where Bar None is?
Guy: Right under that huge Bar None sign.
–3rd Avenue between 12th & 13th
Overheard by: kristcollekt
Girl: Hey, fancy seeing you here! Where do you work?
Guy: Wall Street.
Girl: Where are you coming from?
Guy: A business meeting. I’m so wasted!
–C train
- Posted on
- Drinking & Drunk People, Jobs & Careers, On the Subway, Suits
Hobo #1: But why would you want to go into space for a million dollars? Seems like a waste.
Hobo #2: Because they haven’t come out with hovertrains yet!
–Washington Square Park
Overheard by: Kevin Cox
- Posted on
- Hobos, Money & Class, Travel, Washington Square Park
Hobo: Oh, lady got some nice threads. Those be Gucci or Calvin Klein or some shit like that?
Preggers: No sir, these threads be maternity.
–R train
- Posted on
- Clothing, Hobos, On the Subway, Preggers
Man: Oh, we are going to see my niece. My sister is so proud of her, she’s on Broadway.
Woman: That’s wonderful. What is she playing?
Man: She’s in Chicago playing one of the whores.
–Amtrak train
Overheard by: Moises
- Posted on
- Broadway Shows, Family Ties, Strangers, Trains Not Subway
