Chick: So, where are you from?
Guy: I’m from Brooklyn.
Chick: No, you have an accent.
Guy: Oh yeah, well, my parents are Eurotrash.
–Broad & Exchange
Archive for 2018
Bitch, Please! Her Favorite Candy is Nose
NYU girl: So my friend had a class with Mary-Kate–
NYU boy: Uh huh.
NYU girl: –and they were all going around saying what their favorite books were. But when it got to Mary-Kate, she just said, “Well, my favorite candy is a Tootsie Roll.”
–Chipotle, East 8th Street
Overheard by: monsi
Define “Better”
Drunk boy: God, fucking Bedford is so fucking gentrified.
Drunk girl: Go to the Lorimer stop. It’s way better there.
–Bedford Avenue station
Overheard by: Ami
Hitler Did Kinda Focus on That One Star, Though…
College kid #1: …and the astrologers are having to completely change their predictions because Pluto’s not a planet anymore.
College kid #2: That’s crazy.
Random guy: Don’t make fun of astrology. Hitler took astrology seriously. So did Ronald Reagan. And kings and queens.
–1 train, 116th St
Overheard by: bluekale
Headline by: wiggity
Runners-Up:
· “Actually, The Queens Only Follow the Movements of Uranus” – Johnny B
· “Astrologists Predict Random Man Wearing Jack Boots Will Disembowel 2 College Kids” – dante mcnasty
· “I Thought Ronald Reagan Got Rid of All the Queens” – C.J.
· “Just When I Had Heard That Stupidity Was in Retrograde…” – tm78
· “Nostradumbass Lives On” – kathy
· “Pluto Is Just a Mickey Mouse Planet” – Elliott Sperber
· “Taurus: Keep Your Wits About You, as True Love Is Around the Corner. Also, You Will Invade Poland.” – Jim C.
· “What Did You Think the Star Wars Program Was About?” – Tom Dorey
Except for All Those Fetuses
Girl #1: I think that most men prefer it closed.
Girl #2: You think? I would figure open to be easier access.
Girl #3: Oh, for God’s sake! No one has ever rejected me because of my vagina!
–61st & Madison
It’s All About Rita Now, MTV Generation
Twin girl #A: Yeah, she said she was going to do the school year here.
Unique girl: She came from Kentucky? Why did she come so far?
Twin girl #B: Louisiana is a state. Kentucky is another state.
Unique girl: Oh, well why’d she come to New York? Couldn’t she stay in her house in Louisiana?
Twin girl #A: Um, no, a hurricane hit New Orleans. That’s why she’s here.
Unique girl: Right, right. I forgot about that.
–Kew Gardens station
If Not Dick, Then Dictionaries
Woman: If I don’t find a guy I want to date within the next year, then I’m going back to school.
–B3 Restaurant, Avenue B
Overheard by: Laura Walker
Got a Watch That Accurately Measures 30 Minute Increments?
Man: I sell watches. I’m going to have cards made… I’m a horologist.
Chick: I’m just a whore.
–50th & 10th
Overheard by: sister mary ann
Oh Jeez, Get Ready for a Rant About the Jews
Old black man: Do you believe in black Jesus or white Jesus?
White girl: White Jesus.
Old black man: I knew there was something wrong with you the minute I saw you.
–2 Train
“Tunnel Vision:” Defined
Man to friend: So, where did you find the cane you're using, it looks like just what I need.
Friend: Oh, at a CVS near Jersey.
Man: What's “near Jersey”?
Friend: Just through a tunnel, you know… Jersey.
–W 71 & Broadway
Overheard by: Revedgoldberg