Kid looking at book: It looks like an alien world or something!
Mom: That’s Seattle.
Dad: Well, it’s on the west coast. It is alien.
–5th Ave, Brooklyn
Overheard by: super des
Kid looking at book: It looks like an alien world or something!
Mom: That’s Seattle.
Dad: Well, it’s on the west coast. It is alien.
–5th Ave, Brooklyn
Overheard by: super des
Man to woman: What about your coworker?
Woman: Oh yeah! She was both nice and hostile.
–E Train
Indian guy: So what’s going to happen at the Lunar New Year performance?
Asian guy: I dunno, ask someone Asian.
–115th St & Broadway
Overheard by: darkhorse5
Guy #1: Hey, where do lamb chops come from? What animal?
Guy #2: (shrugs shoulders)
Guy #1: I think they come from a pig, like pork chops, but a different part of the animal.
Guy #2: Sounds about right.
Guy #3: Are you fucking kidding me?
–96th St & West End Ave
Girl #1: Is he reading the Bible?
Girl #2: No, it’s something about Nazis, can’t you see the swastika?
–Q36 Bus
Little boy to little girl: I like you.
Little girl: What?
Little boy: I said “I like looking for rocks.”
–Low Plaza, Columbia University
Dude to friend: You know what I mean, right?
Friend: Yeah, you mean he’s rich, right?
Dude: Yeah, he’s rich, but he’s not independently wealthy. I mean, if he didn’t have all that money, he wouldn’t be rich.
–88th St & Columbus Ave
Overheard by: P. Marino
Punk kid, noticing sirens and flashing lights in the distance: I wanna go down there!
Friend: I don’t care.
Punk kid: But I wanna be on Eyewitness News!
–57th b/w 3rd & 2nd
Overheard by: tori
Thug #1 to thug #2, during showing of The Mist: Man, I would’ve just stayed inside the fuckin’ supermarket.
Thug #2: Yeah.
Thug #1: I’d be eatin’ all those Doritos an’ shit.
–11th St & 3rd Ave
Overheard by: Jojo
High school girl to raucous group of friends: Oh man, remember the time we dared him to lick the church?
Group of friends: (wild laughter)
–Outside Grace Church, Broadway & 10th St
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