Overheard In New York

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Sure­ly She Does­n’t Mean Ronald reg­giN?

Woman: …you know, he was much dark­er than the oth­er kids who were re­al­ly white, so he was called a nig­ger. He was dyslex­ic.
Man: Wha?
Woman: But he was a strong boy. One time when he was bit­ten by a dog, I came in to his room and he was ly­ing there with blood on him. He did­n’t scream or say a word…a very strong boy.
Man: What are you talk­ing about?

–Times Square

Wednes­day One-lin­ers Lunch Hour

Teen boy: Yo, I got the munchies, B…Yo, what hap­pened to the guys with can­dy and shit? Shit was mad con­ve­nient.

–1 train

Over­heard by: I. J. Mey­ers

Trans­la­tion: She Went Up 2 Cup Sizes

Chick #1: So yeah, all this time I’ve nev­er had PMS be­fore. Like ever. Now that all this hor­mon­al shit is go­ing on, it all caught up with me this past week.
Chick #2: What do you mean?
Chick #1: I’ve been eat­ing M&M’s, Fritos, choco­late-cov­ered pret­zels, and Pow­er­ade this en­tire week, and I can’t go 10 min­utes with­out cry­ing.
Chick #2: Are you prego?
Chick #1: No, I think I just fuck­ing won the en­docrine lot­tery.

–Times Square shut­tle

Over­heard by: Glyn­nis O