Girl: You chased me with a burger!
Guy: For me to have chased you, you'd had to have run from it!
–Broadway & 8th
Overheard by: Matt Koff
Archive for 2009
My Whole Day Was Weird Like That
20-something #1: And she was telling me how she was going out with Mike that night and I was saying to myself, “that's kind of weird, because I made out with him first.”
20-something #2: Did you say that?
20-something #1: Well, I had to say something. And she said, “don't worry, he'll be the last guy we share.”
–F Train
They Rep for Elite
Hobo #1: Girl, you a model?
Hobo #2: Nah. She too short to be a model.
–51st St & Madison Ave
Overheard by: flattered
Maybe It's Time to Stop Reading Courtenay Love's Parenting Guides.
Son to mother sitting at diner: Mom, why am I so small? Am I going to grow?
Mother: Yes, honey, of course you will. You're perfect just the way you are.
(son starts blowing bubbles in his soda and asks mother to start blowing bubbles in his soda too. She starts, then looks around at some people staring at them)
Mother: You know, I just realized how gross this is.
–Diner, 53rd & 1st
I'd Likely End Up Settling for You
Drunk girl on date: You're not going to be allowed in my apartment tonight.
Lame guy on date: Oh really? Why is that?
Drunk girl on date: Because when I drink, I lose my ambition.
–Lower East Side
The Date Came Later, As Is Proper
Ghetto chick #1: Oh no! We didn't fuck on the first date!
Ghetto chick #2: What do you mean you didn't? Stop, stop, stop! You got me all twisted!
Ghetto chick #1: I mean… if you really think about it, it wasn't a date…
–E Train
Oh Dude, I Am No Judge
Guy #1: I like her, but her personality is a bit blah…
Guy #2: She has a hot body, though.
Guy #1: Yeah, but you know who else has a hot body?
Guy #2: Me?
–University Place
Everyone Now Having Moved One Language Over
Girl #1: But… Isn't he from Japan?
Girl #2: Duh, Japanese people speak Chinese!
Girl #1: Oh my god! (laughs) You are so funny! People from Japan speak Spanish. Everybody knows that!
–A Train
Overheard by: Hiding In The Corner (Highly Disturbed.)
The Trick Is to Get Too Stoned to Care
Bro #1: I mean, smoking weed totally stunted my emotional growth.
Bro #2: I completely know what you mean.
–8th St & Ave C
Overheard by: mona risa
Wednesday One-Liners Are Still Waiting for Those Boy Scouts to Come Out
Hot girl on cell: You got cockblocked by cancer! (pause, then very seriously) Is your pussy still radioactive?
–Upper East Side
Grown man talking to grown woman: You know the sandy vagina?
–32nd & 8th
Street man to slutty-looking hipsters: Freeze! Drop your drawers! We've got your pussy surrounded!
–2nd Ave
Overheard by: Maureen
30-something woman on cell: I like to use a blowdryer on the… uh… vaginas.
–D Train
Girl, screaming into cell: No, I will not give you my vagina!
–Bryant Park
Overheard by: Can I borrow it?