Teen #1: So, did your friend come by?
Teen #2: Yeah, for a quick hot minute. And girl, she’s sooo skinny. And she’s pregnant… And she’s a lesbian.
Teen #1: Ohhh…
Teen #2: I told her she could be on Jerry Springer.
–4 train
Overheard by: NinjaRider
Teen #1: So, did your friend come by?
Teen #2: Yeah, for a quick hot minute. And girl, she’s sooo skinny. And she’s pregnant… And she’s a lesbian.
Teen #1: Ohhh…
Teen #2: I told her she could be on Jerry Springer.
–4 train
Overheard by: NinjaRider
Girl: Oh my god.
Guy: Can’t you just say OMG?
–The Whitney
(two 30-something white guys coming back from the gym on Saturday night)
Guy #1: I mean, New York is real. Boston is real. Everywhere else in America, it isn’t real.
Guy #2: Totally.
–W 82nd & Broadway
Hood kid #1: Yo, we talkin bout Tyrell here. We ain’t talking bout no debonair type nigga. We talking bout Tyrell.
Hood kid #2: I know, I know yo. He lyin nigga. Any woman who takes a shower be gettin ten times the amount of pussy Tyrell gets.
–E Train
Man #1: I mean, I don’t feel guilty about this.
Man #2: Yeah. Yeah, I know.
Man #1: I put a lot in this relationship.
Man #2: Yeah. Yeah.
Man #1: I took time out from work. Time from the club. Time from my wife and kids.
–Health club locker room
Hipster boy to girl: After the internet age and the digital age, we are now entering the cyborg age.
Hipster girl to boy: Yeah, cyborgs are totally mainstream now. I saw a special on Fox News all about cyborgs and it was totally mainstream.
Hipster boy to girl: My brother has an insulin pump.
–F Train Platform
Overheard by: sadie
Male college student: Hmmm… I think maybe I’ll order something.
Horny female companion: You should, since we both know you haven’t eaten anything today.
Male college student: Oh, no — I had lunch earlier…
Horny female companion: That was a sexual innuendo, stupid.
–Starbucks, 115th & Broadway
Boy #1: What are you gonna be?
Boy #2: Soul of the devil.
Boy #1: What were you last year?
Boy #2, annoyed: Soul of the devil.
Boy #1: And the year before that?
Boy #2: Soul of the devil! I always go as soul of the devil.
Boy #1: What’s soul of the devil?
Boy #2: This character I made up. He’s like a lawyer for the devil. I have a cane.
–Park Slope, Brooklyn
Little boy #1, on field trip: I have to pee!
Little boy #2: I have to pee too!
Teacher: We’ll be near a bathroom soon.
Little girl: Boys don’t need potties! Only girls need potties!
–Central Park
Guy #1: Blah blah blah… Back in the day…
Guy #2: You’re 21. You’re not allowed to say “back in the day.”
–68th St & Lexington
Overheard by: Erin
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