Older tourist woman to NBC tour guide: So, we are going to see the rock at the top?
Guide: It’s called “the top of the rock.“
Woman: Well, that doesn’t make any sense?
–30 Rockefeller Plaza
Overheard by: Michael
Older tourist woman to NBC tour guide: So, we are going to see the rock at the top?
Guide: It’s called “the top of the rock.“
Woman: Well, that doesn’t make any sense?
–30 Rockefeller Plaza
Overheard by: Michael
Girl one: I hate going to a bar with pregnant girls, it’s so boring.
Girl two: Yeah.
Gorl one: It’s even worse when you go with pregnant girls that drink.
–Rockefeller Center
Tourist: Is this the way to the subway?
Guard: No. You need to go west of 49th.
Tourist: Can I go down there anyway?
Guard: No. There’s a special event.
Tourist: Please? We’re from California.
Guard: No. Welcome to New York.
–Rockefeller Center
Little tourist kid: Daddy, I want to go ice skating!
Tourist dad: I swear to god, you can go ice skating back in El Paso!
–Rockefeller Center
Overheard by: liag
Confused Hispanic woman (feet away from tree): What is going on here?
Unenthusiastic cop: I don’t know… some big tree.
–Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting
Southern tourist boy: Mommy! Look at the tops of the tall buildings… It looks like the clouds are standing still and the buildings are moving!
Mom: That’s because the earth is turning so quickly, sweetie.
–Rockefeller Center
Overheard by: Bill O.
Veggie-curious girl: I like to get this really great dressing and then add all sorts of interesting vegetables.
Supportive friend: Like what?
Veggie-curious girl: Tofu!
–Rockefeller Plaza
Overheard by: receptionist
Headline by: EddieA
Runners-Up:
· “And Croutons!” — Vanessa
· “Gesundheit!” — Sandy Paws
· “If Regan Can Make Ketchup a Vegetable, Why the Fuck Not?” — Humberto
· “It’s the Other White Vegetable” — do2na
· “Sometimes I Get Crazy and Add Bacon Bits!” — Botticus
· “The Vitamin Deficiency Related Death Was Really No Surprise” — Proletariat
Teen boy: Do you know where I can find those Communion wafers? I want to eat them with salsa.
Friend: Um, you can’t just eat those. It’s the body of Christ.
–Rockefeller Center
Overheard by: Jason
Headline by: Bored Beyond Belief
Runners-Up:
· “Besides, Three Days Later You’ll Be Hungry Again” — Sparky
· “…And After Three days, He Arose, with Craving for Pico de Gallo” — Russ Wall
· “…And They’re 2000 Years Past Their Expiration Date” — John
· “And Stop Putting Salt on the Rim of the Chalice” — Amy Stephenson
· “Betcha Can’t Transubstantiate Just One” — chris
· “Body of Satan Has More Tang Anyway” — Jessica
· “Friends Don’t Let Friends Go to Church Stoned” — Pix
· “If Jesus Wanted Us to Eat Him with Salsa, He’d Be Appearing on Tortillas.… Oh… Wait.” — ilemanzer
· “Look for the Bag Marked ‘Corpus Crispy’ ” — Slept thru the Sermon
· “My God Stays Crunchy in Milk” — Benedict
· “That’s What You Said about the Last Donut, Too” — SDP
· “The Next Special Ingredient on Iron Chef” — dan
· “They’re Best Served with Dogma” — zg
· “Try the Taco Bells of St. Mary’s” — jules
Woman walking into apartment building: Why did I get stuck carrying the bag of butt plugs?
–Greenpoint Ave
Hot girl on cell: You won’t die if you get stabbed by a dildo. (pause) Well, even if it was a hooker. What did you drink?
–Cook St & Bushwick Ave
Overheard by: cameo
Homie on BlackBerry; No, no, peep this, I said “cock ring” and she says, “like the guy from the OJ trial?” I’m dead serious!
–Rockafeller Plaza
Attractive 20-something to friend: Got hit with a sex toy!
–Pillow Fight, Union Square
Overheard by: Anna P.
Girl to four friends: And then I saw my old wooden dildo. It was wooden!
–37th St & 8th Ave
20-something girl: This is the most exciting thing to happen today! And that’s saying something, considering today was a day that included buying sex toys!
–Topshop
Girl #1: I didn’t know I was pregnant for, like, 4 weeks.
Girl #2: Seriously?
Girl #1: Yeah, and you know I drank a shitload in that time.
–Rockefeller Plaza
Hat Tip 🎩 to The Marketing Scientist