Woman #1: I always wear two bras when I work out.
Woman #2: Two bras?
Woman #1: Yes, a regular bra under my sports bra. That way, I don’t get all flattened out, and besides, I look more natural, don’t you think?
–14th St
Overheard by: stephanie
Archive for 2021
Speaking Algebraic
Guy #1: He’s not down with it.
Guy #2: What do you mean, he’s not down with it?
Guy #1: Don’t worry, he’s going to be down with it.
Guy #2: How’s he going to be down with it?
Guy #1: We’ll make him down with it.
–Ave. A
Why We Avoid Staten Island: Encapsulated.
Maternal woman to 14-year-old girl: My, aren’t you looking sexy!
Random creepy guy: She ain’t wrong!
–Bayview Place, Staten Island
Overheard by: now I want a mental shower
I Wouldn’t Be Surprised If Scientists Have Found a Way
Little boy: So, you’re telling me boy cows don’t have udders?
Father: Nope, they don’t.
Little boy: Then how do you get milk from a boy cow?
Father: Well…
–Brooklyn-bound L train
Overheard by: jackster
She Doesn’t See Sexual Assault as a Celebration, Like We Do
Drunk, creepy guy #1: She’s always telling us about our flaws, and why she won’t get with us, but she won’t listen to us tell her about her flaws!
Drunk, creepy guy #2, burning his hand with a lighter: Yeah, she probably acts the way she does because she was raped, but she’s like “I don’t want to talk about it!”
–1 train
Great –Now I Have to Throw Up
Little girl: I’m going to throw up.
Mother: You can throw up when we get off the train.
Little girl: [pauses] I love you, mommy.
–N Train
Overheard by: Rachel
It Was a Meeting, Not a Holocaust
Suit #1: That was a pretty good meeting…
Suit #2: Yeah, we got a lot done.
Hobo: Was Liam Neeson in it?
–51st & Madison
Overheard by: BDA
If It Tastes Like Shit/ It’s Easier to Quit
20-something guy, reading cigarette pack: “Light” does not mean safer. It refers to taste. Lights wont help you quit smoking.
Friend: Uh, alright. Let me get a pack of ultra lights.
–Times Square
Overheard by: Jack Straw
Someone Get This Woman a Drink
Woman: Hi, do you have any meatloaf?…Um, that’s not meatloaf.
Store lady: It’s almost the same.
Woman: Not really…Do you have any meatloaf?
Server lady: It’s the same thing. It’s beef. It all tastes the same.
Woman: Yeah, okay. I’ll take three.
–Whole Foods, Columbus Circle
Overheard by: Grace Aldridge
He Did Look Kind of Sexy, Laying There
Suit #1: There was some great tail at that funeral.
Suit #2: Oh yeah!
–28th & 5th
Overheard by: brp
