Hippie boy: What are we going to talk about? He’s a hairdresser and I’m a teenager!
Mom: Date him, I guess.
–Prospect Park
Overheard by: Gretchen
Suit #1: That sure was a big coon, wasn’t it?
Suit #2: Uh huh, big coon.
–Little W. 12th Street
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- Animals & Nature, Suits, The Village
The train door squeaks constantly.
Fat guy: That’s what it sounds like in my bedroom!
Old lady: Yeah, before you get home from work.
–Metro-North train
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- Compare/Contrast, Compliments, Fat People, Guys, Infidelity, Old People, Trains Not Subway, Women
Runner chick #1: What the hell are those people doing?
Runner chick #2: They’re in some sort of boot camp class.
Runner chick #1: They’re military?
Runner chick #2: No, I think they just pay someone to get them in shape.
Runner chick #1: But they’re so sweaty and out of breath! I never get that way with my trainer!
–Central Park
Overheard by: Peter
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- Central Park, Girls, Health and Hygiene
Panhandler: Forty dollars…anybody got forty dollars so I can eat? Anybody, forty dollars?
Businessguy: Forty dollars?
Panhandler: You want to make a deal? All right, thirty-five dollars.
–57th & 5th
Overheard by: Heather
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- Food, Homeless, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Money & Class, Suits
Teen thug #1: Damn! You ever read A Streetcar Named Desire?
Teen thug #2: Yeah, Stanley Kowalski. That dumb Polack.
–Williamsburg
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- Books & Writing, Teens, Thugs, Williamsburg
Girl: Sorry, I’m trying to be as French as possible.
French guy: Oh, I’m from Bawsten.
–N train
Overheard by: c. dubs
The train pulls out of the underground. Three Hispanic teens look outside.
Hispanic teen #1: You can’t see the Eiffel Tower from here?
They continue looking for a good twenty seconds.
Hispanic teen #2: That shit’s in Paris, yo!
–F train
Overheard by: Daniel Radosh
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- Foreigners, Global Geography, History & Geography, Latinos, People, Teens, Tourist Attractions
JHS boy #1: Shut up before I have to put my ass in your mouth.
JHS boy #2: How the hell you gonna put your ass in my mouth?
–Central Park
Girl #1: It looked like you were getting pretty close with that guy on the dance floor.
Girl #2: I know! He was putting his dick all up in my ass like he knew me or something.
–11th between 3rd & 4th
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- Ass, Beastiality, Central Park, Foreplay, Guys, Penis, Sex & Relationships, Stuyvesant Town
Girl: I don’t want to sit there. We can’t see the screen.
Guy: Baby, the screen is 95 feet tall.
–Loews Lincoln Center
Overheard by: G & R
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- Intelligentsia, Movies, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center
Asian chick: You know, I bet Fritos are healthy for you!
Spanish chick: How you figure?
Asian chick: Cuz in the ingredients it says it’s made of corn, soybean oil and salt, and corn is good for you.
Spanish chick: True. If you can pronounce what’s in the ingredients, then it has to be good for you.
–Flushing
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- Asians, Bimbettes, Health and Hygiene, Junk Food & Fast Food, Queens
