Old white guy #1, examining model building with acorn-topped pillars: They look like penises.
Old white guy #2: Yep.
–New York Botanical Gardens
Overheard by: that's what she said?
Archive for 2009
…And Try Smoking Her Fern Again.
Girl #1: I've got some really good pot at home.
Girl #2: Nah, let's just go to my mom's house.
–Temple of Dendur, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Overheard by: Thanks for looking at the paintings
I Feel Smarter Just Being Here
Gay guy, going through Miro exhibit: Are these paintings still Miro's?
Blonde hag: Oh no, I don't think so. It says here they're Pastel's.
–MoMA
A Double, If You Know What I Mean
Girl #1: Thank god we are in singles next year.
Girl #2: Yeah, I'm getting a vibrator.
–Barnard College
At Last, My Life's Goal Has Been Realized.
Older woman #1: How much do you sweat?
Older woman #2: I can smell myself!
–Great Lawn
Overheard by: Riding a Bike on this Path
I Prefer to Think Of What I Do As Panhandling Express
Black guy wearing North Face: Listen up, people! I'ma need some money to buy a coat, cuz it's freezin out there! This coat that I'm wearin' ain't mine, it's my friend's. So I'ma need some money to buy a coat…yo, what stop is this?
Asian kid: Times Square.
Black guy: Okay…if you want to donate, you can't. Cause I gotta go, man.
–1 Train
Nor the Laws Of Time and Space
Tourist #1, looking at subway exits: North side or south side?
Tourist #2: What's the difference?
Tourist #1: Well north is north…and south is south.
(both look from one exit to the next and look at each other)
Passing New Yorker: Are you going uptown or downtown?
Tourist #1, thinking: Hmmmm….west.
New yorker: West of 8th…but uptown or downtown? West side of what street?
Tourist #1: Hmm… West side of…23rd Street?
New Yorker, walking away: You don't know what the hell you're doing.
–23rd St
I'm Assuming by Then You'll Want to Hurt Your Partner's Feelings
NYU guy #1: Dude, when you die, can I have your Argyle?
NYU guy #2: What, you mean this?
NYU guy #1: Yeah. I mean, I just really like Argyle and I can't seem to find any good sweaters these days. So, like…could I have it?
NYU guy #2: Dude, sure!
NYU guy #1: But don't like try to die just to give it to me. I can wait a while. I think if you just put in your will something like, “and I bequeath my awesome Argyll to my friend” that should do it.
–8th St & Univerisity Place
Overheard by: Argyll Lover
Jesus Isn't Always the Answer, Y'know
NYU journalism professor: Okay, so who invented the European letter press in the 15th century?
Attentive female student in the back: Jesus!
(TA giggles)
–NYU
She Should Marry a Nice Doctor.
Old Jewish woman #1: Amy Winehouse…she sounds like a nice Jewish girl.
Old Jewish woman #2: I don't think she's going to live very long.
–Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex
Overheard by: Rachel