Student #1: Hey, where N’Sync at?
Student #2: It’s not “where N’Sync at,” it’s “where are N’Sync at”?
–Times Square
Archive for 2010
Does That Mean I Can Vote You Off?
Guy: I mean, we’re on an island, too.
Girl: Seriously?
–1 Train
My Hand Needs the Exercise.
Girl to guy she’s been talking to for last half hour: Half the time I’m talking to you I wanna slap you.
Guy: Then why do you talk to me?
–St. John’s University
We Can’t Wait for Season 2 Of Jersey Shore
Large male #1: Let’s go to the old train.
Large male #2: But this one is shiny.
Large male #1: Grease, fingerprints, herpes… I love it all.
–PATH Train
But Those Colors Totally Clash.
Teen girl to guy friend: What’s your favorite football team?
Teen guy: Chiefs.
Teen girl: What state is that?
Teen guy: Red and yellow. Kansas City.
Teen girl: I don’t know who that is.
–Q54 Bus
With the Pink Hair Standing Straight Up and All
Saleslady #1: You look like one of those dolls. I forget what they’re called.
Saleslady #2: A doll? Oh, like a Barbie?
Saleslady #1: Nah, not a Barbie. I forget what these dolls are called. They’re kinda short…
Saleslady #2: Kinda short? A Bratz doll?
Saleslady #1: No… Ummm… No, not a Bratz doll… Oh yeah, they’re called Trolls. You look like a Troll.
–Old Navy
Overheard by: MG
What Just Happened There?
Old couple to couple seated at a two-person table: Mind if we sit here? (old woman slides into the booth next to the seated woman, old man places tray on table)
Seated couple: Uh… No… (they stand up and leave)
–Cafeteria, The Met
Overheard by: Uncomfortable
Pete, Tear Down This Pizzeria
Teenage girl leaving pizzeria, gasping: Ronald Reagan!
–Pete’s Pizzeria, Brooklyn
Overheard by: Ken
Ad: Welcome to New York, the Haters’ Buffet!
White college student to Korean friend: Dude, I thought Asian-ness was like… universal!
Korean student, irritably: I hate seeing all these sneaky chinks around.
–Chinatown
Overheard by: Someone who can tell Koreans from Chinese…
Westchester, Hoboken, Paramus…
Teen girl: Have you ever been to Long Island?
Tourist man: No, but I’ve been to the other five boroughs.
–Penn Station
