Pregnant woman: Are you gay?
Guy looks over at woman’s stomach and looks up.
Guy: You look like a whore.
–Grand Central
Overheard by: Jakob Wells
Pregnant woman: Are you gay?
Guy looks over at woman’s stomach and looks up.
Guy: You look like a whore.
–Grand Central
Overheard by: Jakob Wells
Pregnant lady: My tummy hurts, it’s either gas or the baby.
Husband: How can you tell the difference?
Pregnant lady: By which exit is used.
–Katz Deli
Overheard by: M. McOrmick
(nurse with elderly lady on wheelchair comes against Asian American pregnant woman with baby in stroller)
Nurse: Oh my, I’m sorry! (pulls back to let woman and child pass)
Asian American pregnant woman: Oh, I’m sorry, I can…
Senile old lady: Get out of the way, chink!
(infant cries)
Asian American pregnant woman: Excuse me?
Nurse: Oh my god! I’m so sorry.
Senile old lady: Don’t apologize!
(nurse backs up and lets mother and child through)
–Washington Square Village
Overheard by: zgoldberg
Vendor: Comedy show! Comedy show?
Pregnant teen: No, thanks.
Vendor: Oh… Come on, you might as well make another bad decision! (gestures to belly)
–Times Square
Overheard by: Taryn
Chick on cell, not visibly pregnant: I’m having a c‑section and a cigarette.
–Simply Natural, 43rd & 10th
Overheard by: Pleased
Recurrent drunkard to bar: I’m not a smoker! I’m a libertarian, for fuck’s sake!
–Peter McMannus Pub
LIRR conductor: There will be no pugilism on this train. Additionally, tonight marks the first night of Kwanzaa, and in the spirit of Kwanzaa, I ask you to not smoke on this train. This is the final warning: if you are smoking, you will be ejected at the next convenient stop. Also, no throwing up is allowed on the train. The two places where you may throw up are in the conveniently-located bathrooms, or on yourselves. Again, merry Kwanzaa.
–LIRR
Overheard by: Jenna K
NYU girl: Do you have a cigarette to ease my cough?
–Waverly & Mercer
Chick: Mad Men is like porn for smokers.
–172nd St & Broadway
Overheard by: Ladle
A pregnant woman shows an ultrasound photo to her friend and says: Look, it’s my boo!
Friend: You look great. It’s freaking weird. You’re like a host…an alien host or something.
Pregnant woman: Oh, I forgot to mention, I think it’s cute!
–Zeytinia, 2nd & 94th
Overheard by: Emerson Beyer
Woman: That’s enough pushing, people. I’m pregnant and I’m nice and tight up in here.
Guy: That’s why you got pregnant!
–6 train
Overheard by: john chianese
Nice guy #1: Hey, miss, would you like my seat?
Preggers: No.
Nice guy #2: Here, take mine. I’m getting off soon.
Preggers: For the love of God, I fucking said no! People these days gotta learn themselves some English.
–Bronx-bound 4 train
Chick #1: Dude, everyone’s popping out babies these days. JLo, TomKat, Britney. It’s like they’re the new fucking accessory.
Chick #2: Yeah, who wants a fucking baby anyway? You just turn into a fatass with stretch marks and saggy tits with a screaming infant who no one wants to be around.
Very pregnant passenger: I’m due in two weeks.
Chick #1: Aww! Is it a boy or a girl?
–F train
Large black woman to another: So I said to him, “Muthafucka, don’t you know a baby comes out of that shit? Ain’t nothing you got down there gonna hurt me!”
–Fulton St
Old man with thick Russian accent: It is fresher than a baby’s bottom!
–Ave M & E 16th, Brooklyn
Ghetto black guy on phone: Nah, I was locked up, but I’m out now, and she’s tryin’ to say it’s my baby, but that shit ain’t mine.
–Downtown 2 Train
Man on cell, passing adorable child playing with dog: I love fucking babies!
–10th & 53rd
Puerto Rican girl to pregnant friend: You feel like you have to poop, but that’s just the baby.
–36th St & 34th Ave, Astoria
Overheard by: Bryan Bruner
Conductor: Ma’am, please step off the ramp platform and wait until it is safe. (pause) Miss, you’re having a frickin’ baby, get off the ramp! (she does) Thank you.
–Metro-North Rail Tracks
Overheard by: Theonlyonewhoseemedtonotice
Teenage mother to friends, running to catch subway: Last one gets the baby!
–Broadway
Overheard by: Francisco S. Ramírez
Hat Tip 🎩 to The Marketing Scientist