Thug #1: All I’m saying is that you need to try before you buy.
Thug #2: What are you talking about?
Thug #1: ‘Cause you thought a dude in drag was a cute chick. Twice.
–W 87th & Amsterdam
Thug #1: All I’m saying is that you need to try before you buy.
Thug #2: What are you talking about?
Thug #1: ‘Cause you thought a dude in drag was a cute chick. Twice.
–W 87th & Amsterdam
20-ish guy to pal: I didn’t go to the gym today, and I feel so liberated!
–W 25th & 10th
Overheard by: Gerry Visco
Stylish guy on cell: Well, yeah, I’m completely insane, but I’m in great, great, great shape!
–Christopher & 7th
Overheard by: robadob
Russian thug: Man, I don’t know how I’m going to have enough energy for the gym and sex tonight!
–Subway, near Brighton Beach
Overheard by: lk!
Guido pointing to his wifebeater: These things only last you so long. First time, you know, you wear it to the club, it’s still tight and shit. Second time you wear it around the house. Third time, that’s when you wear it to the gym. Then you throw it out! Wear a new one back to the club!
–NYC gym
Personal trainer lady: I was up in Greenwich training Mary Tyler Moore… Yeah, she’s old, but rockin’ bod.
–Metro-North train, 125th St
Overheard by: DrJones
Smoker guy: We should train for the marathon!
–50th & 6th
Hot guy #1: Sometimes her vagina smells like old cheese, and I feel like I’m suffocating down there and I’m gonna die.
Hot guy #2: Just use a snorkel.
Hot guy #1: Does that work?
Hot guy #2: I don’t leave home without it.
–23rd & Park
Seven-year-old ghetto kid: This is the Earth, yo!
–Earth Science Hall, Museum of Natural History
Dad to seven-year-old son: If you’re gonna steal somethin’, you gotta steal somethin’ you can sell.
–Museum of Natural History gift shop
Overheard by: rufus
Cowboy squinting at museum pamphlet with wife and kids: The Big… Bang? What’s that?
–Museum of Natural History
Child passing the Australopithecus couple: Look, Ma! It’s like you and Dad on your honeymoon!
–Museum of Natural History
Overheard by: Dottie
Employee: Welcome to the Hayden Planetarium. Please turn off your cell phones, digital cameras, and small children.
–Museum of Natural History
Mother: Stop screaming! They can’t hear you!
–Museum of Natural History
Teen girl: So, what did we learn today, little one?
Kid brother: When in doubt, deny, deny, deny!
–Union Square
Overheard by: Pilar Annabelle Santiago
White woman: How did I testify?
Lawyer: Not too bad.
White woman: Tell the truth — I was terrible.
Lawyer: No, it’s just that he put a lot of words in your mouth.
White woman: I know.
Lawyer: You have to develop an attitude like a black woman. When he says, ‘So, what you’re telling me is…,’ you have to say, ‘Don’t be puttin’ words in mah mouf! I said this. Don’t be twistin’ mah words to say I said that.’
White woman, dismayed: I’ll try.
–Hallway, Civil Court, 111 Centre St
Overheard by: Big Larry
Guy #1: So, I heard this blowjob technique that sounds pretty cool, but I don’t know how to tell my girlfriend without sounding pushy.
Guy #2: Well, maybe I could do it for you.
Guy #1: Dude… That’s gay.
Guy #2: No! I meant I could tell your girlfriend for you, not do it to you!
Guy #1: Oh… Well, that’s just awkward, then.
–A train
Queer: … And when you meet my mother, do not ask about her ear.
Boyfriend: Why not?
Queer: Just don’t. And drink vodka!
Boyfriend: Not whiskey?
Queer: And if she asks you to pet the dog, for the love of God, you pet the dog.
–C train station, 96th & Central Park West
Overheard by: What about the buttsex?
Guy lugging large suitcases: Well, see ya.
Girl, crossing street away from him: Fine! Leave me! Don’t get sunburnt!
Guy: Don’t get pregnant!
–NYU
Overheard by: Crossing My Fingers
Man in elevator A: Hey, Bob!
Man in elevator B, across the hall: Oh! Hi there! [Doors close.] He should just resign.
–Actors’ Equity building
Overheard by: Cat
