Old man to kid with musical instrument case: Gotta big case there.
Kid: Yep, I need it for school.
Old man: Is that a shotgun?
–6 Train
Overheard by: Knively
Archive for 2010
You Have No Clue Who That Is, Do You?
Frumpy female office worker, hanging up phone: Yes! He just asked me out!
Ordinary female office worker: Are you excited?
Frumpy female office worker: Are you kidding? I feel just like Sadie Hawkins on Sadie Hawkins day!
–Empire St. Bldg office
Overheard by: Tom
Guess Who Didn’t Study
Teenage boy: Hey, didn’t we buy the US for, like, seven dollars?
Teenage girl: No, we actually fought something called the Revolutionary War to get the US.
Teenage boy: Are you sure? I swear we bought the US for seven dollars!
–Horace Mann School
Terminal Velocity’s for Losers
Student #1: If we spit at the same time they’ll hit the rail at the same time.
Student #2: No way! My spit will beat your spit down, no problem!
–1 Train
Overheard by: Joseph Durning
Not Quite Tom-and-Katie Bad, Though.
Yuppie girl #1: This thing with Robert is just killing me…
Yuppie girl #2: How bad could it possibly be?
Yuppie girl #3: Ugh… It’s like when-Heidi-Klum-married-Seal bad!
–Union Square
Actually, That Might Just Be Cyanide.
Woman #1: Are there nuts in this? I’m allergic.
Woman #2: No, just almonds.
–Whole Foods, Union Square
Also Why He Forgot to Put Yeast in the Bread
Professor: And why did Moses lead the Jews out of Egypt?
Student: Because he was stoned.
–NYU
And You? Dying Of Anything?
Girl #1: Oh my god! You’re so skinny, are you anorexic?
Girl #2: Omigosh! Thanks!
–B Train
Overheard by: Liv
Mrs. Claus Means Business.
Guy: What if I shave?
British chick: Then we’re going to have a problem!
–New York Film Academy, Union Square
…That Involves Rollerskating in a Bikini
Tourist dude #1: You know, New York is exactly like Miami, only Miami is nicer.
Tourist dude #2: I don’t know, dude…
Tourist dude #1: And there isn’t much to do here!
–44th St & 8th Ave
