Overheard In New York

Archive for May, 2020

Grizzlies: ‘No, Really, We’re Good, Couldn’t Eat Another Bite, Thanks!’

Older woman: When I die, I’m going to be fed to the grizzlies.
Younger woman: What?
Older woman: I want my hands and feet cremated and put into St John’s Cathedral, and the rest of me I want made into steaks and fed to an endangered species. It’s not enough anymore to just give them money. You have to give them part of yourself.

–South End Ave

Overheard by: lino & wyja

I’m Glad We Had This Little Talk

12-year-old girl #1: Do you even like boys?
12-year-old girl #2: Yeah, I do!
12-year-old girl #1: Sure… You like them boys who be wearin’ all light colors, walkin’ around like, ‘How you doooin’? I’ma braid your hair!‘
12-year-old girl #2: What? No. I like boys, I don’t like titties.
12-year-old girl #1, after a pause: Some boys be havin’ titties, though.
12-year-old girl #2: Word.

–Graham & Metropolitan, Brooklyn

Overheard by: amused in the bus stop

Baby, You Can Drive My Wednesday One-Liner

Hispanic girl to group of friends: Ugh now I have to be the one who drives drunk, and I can’t get another DUI!

–118th St & Amsterdam

Conductor: Let go of the doors in the front, please! We do have somewhere to go. This is not your own personal stretch limo. Thank you! (doors close)

–4 Train

Overheard by: agreed.

30-something on cell: The guy called me an anti-Semite. I said, I’m not an anti-Semite, I’m an anti-people who can’t drive.

–Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Bro to others: Hondas and spoilers go hand in hand. Just like women and vaginas.

–NYU

Overheard by: Brianna

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We’re Sure There’s a “Brazilian Rainforest” Joke in Here Somewhere

Student #1: She’s from the Dominican Republic, right?
Student #2: Um, yeah, I think so.
Student #1: Is she classy…?
Student #2: Eh, not really, no. At the meeting the other day, she was wearing a skirt. I could see her cooch.
Student #3: [Just joining the conversation] What’s a cooch?
[Silence.]Student #1: Her vagina.
Student #2: Her forest. Except it was barren. There were no trees. Barren.

–Columbia University

I’m Manic and She’s Depressed

Wife to front desk nurse, pointing to man: Me and him, we’re made for each other.
Husband: Yeah, because we’re both a mess.

–Neurologist Office, Brooklyn

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