Bimbettes

NYC woman: We’re here!
Southern tourist bimbo: Laura, I thought we were here to get cheap fake purses?
NYC woman: We are — this is Chinatown.
Southern tourist bimbo: Why are there so many Chinese people?
NYC woman, slowly: This is Chinatown…
Southern tourist bimbo: Laura! You know I hate Chinese people!

–Canal St

Overheard by: The Wizard

Bimbette #1: My brain hurts. That Chemistry test made me think too much.
Bimbette #2: Well, yeah. I mean, you were using it, and it is the largest muscle in the human body.
Bimbette #1: Oh, right.
Bimbette #2: Wait… Or is it the heart?
Bimbette #1: No, I think your brain is definitely bigger. But who cares, I just want to pop some Advil.

–NYU

Overheard by: Amateur Brain Cardiologist

Hobo: You go to USC? I used to go there, man. Of course, I didn’t graduate… Don’t major in Chemistry. Also, don’t smoke crack.

–Grand Central

Overheard by: not planning on it

Conductor: If you do not fit through the physics of the train, please step aside — this train is not made of spandex.

–F train

Overheard by: BellaFrancine

Bimbette: I could change the world if I just opened my Biology book.

–Dorm room, Columbia campus

Overheard by: college girl

Elegant 20-ish black chick on cell: Do you truly expect me to come out to New Jersey so I can drink Rolling Rock? And listen to Matchbox 20? With a bunch of white bitches? Who majored in Psychology? … How many things are wrong with that?

–Salvation Army store, Waverly Place

Overheard by: Patrick Di Justo

Girl #1: Have you ever had a ‘sandy eggo’?
Girl #2: Ummm… What’s that?
Girl #1: Just guess from the name!
Girl #2: Uh… A whale’s vagina?

–1 train

Girl #1: That is such a cute shirt.
Girl #2: Thanks, but it’s actually a dress.
Girl #1: Is it?
Girl #2: Well, I hope so, because I’m not wearing any pants.

–NYU

Chick #1: Are you feeling better? You looked really sick last night.
Chick #2: Yeah, I felt like I got hit by a Tonka truck.
Chick #1: A Tonka truck?
Chick #2: Well, you know, I always exaggerate.
Chick #1, laughing: A Tonka truck is a toy. I think you mean a mack truck.
Chick #2: … No wonder people look at me weird when I say that.

–Ten’s World Class Cabaret

NYU bimbette #1: Why is it called ‘Deutschland’ if the people there aren’t Dutch?
NYU bimbette #2: Because the German name for Germany is ‘Deutschland.’
NYU bimbette #1: Oh… So, then… why don’t they just call it ‘Germany’?

–Washington Square Park

Airhead #1: Where is the tree?
Airhead #2: It’s not here!

–Next to the unlit Christmas tree, Rockefeller Center

Overheard by: Lalaith

Girl #1: So, I met a boy this weekend who isn’t an asshole drug dealer, for a change.
Girl #2: But he’s a drug dealer?
Girl #1: Who isn’t?
Girl #2: Um… me?
Girl #1: No. He’s not a drug dealer.
Girl #2: Oh! I thought you meant he’s a drug dealer, just not an asshole one.

–23rd St & 3rd Ave

Overheard by: Jackattack

Bench girl #1: So, do you guys go to church for Christmas?
Bench girl #2: Nah, my family’s Jewish.
Bench girl #1: … So do you go to temple to celebrate Christmas?

–Central Park

Overheard by: Doug