Old hobo: So, can I have your number?
Pretty girl, who’s been ignoring him for a while: Uh, no…
Old hobo: Well, you’re a lesbian! You don’t want no man!
Pretty girl: I already have a man.
Old hobo: Yeah, a lesbian man!
–2nd Ave subway stop
Overheard by: Dahlia
Girl #1: Is she sort of South American-looking? Brown hair, darker skin?
Girl #2: Ummm, she wasn’t so much South American-looking as just black.
–A train
Overheard by: Joe
Girl #1 dressed as 1920s flapper: She was molested by her math teacher when she was a kid and sued for a ton of money.
Girl #2 dressed as 1920s flapper: Why couldn’t I have been molested as child?
Girl #3 dressed as 1920s flapper: Lucky bitch!
–Eat Here Now diner, Lex Ave
Redhead: … And he’s been bottling this all up and I guess my freak-out just pushed him over the edge.
Blonde: Yeah, totally. Like the straw that tipped the camel over…
–Haru, 18th & Park
Babe #1: Ew, did you know that a teaspoon of sperm contains five calories?
Babe #2: Have you ever swallowed?
Babe #1: Yes.
Babe #2: Ew. That is fucking nasty.
Babe #1: Have you?
Babe #2: Yeah.
–Astoria Blvd
NYU girl: Nowadays if you get AIDS it’s like, ‘Whatever.’
Friend: Uh, no!
–6th St, between 2nd & 3rd Ave
Overheard by: uses a condom
Girl #1: Don’t you think it’s crazy how the Bible was written in English?
Girl #2: I’m pretty sure it was written in Latin first…
Girl #1: I’m an idiot.
—Da Vinci Code showing, AMC Empire 25 theater
Overheard by: Jenn
Bimbette: Why does that van say in-valid transportation? Why isn’t it valid?
Friend: That’s not ‘in-valid‘; it’s invalid. They transport invalids. You know, the handicapped.
Bimbette: Well, why don’t they say so?
–Bus, Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn
Overheard by: Big Larry
Bimbette #1: Wait, but, like… What state is Louisiana in, again?
Bimbette #2: I don’t know. Like, Arkansas?
–56th & Madison
Overheard by: trooshieb
Bimbette #1: Yeah, that party was so hot, and that guy was so sweet, you know? He really didn’t have to buy me a drink.
Bimbette #2: Yeah, that’s why you did a good job in choosing to hook up with him!
–Spring St platform
