Body Parts

Little girl #1: That’s a pooty.
Little girl #2: My mom has one with gray hair.

–The Gap, 86th & Broadway

Overheard by: DJ Cayenne

Mother: I ran into cousin Seth here the other day.
Two-year-old son: You mean, you hit heads? (taps forehead)

–Grand Central Station

Overheard by: EthanK

Girl: Get your hand out of my pocket!
Guy: I wasn’t gonna take nothin’. I just wanted to touch yo ass.

–4th St & Caton, Windsor Terrace

Overheard by: Braincurve

Girl: He has a really amazing skull.

–Bakery, Cortelyou Road

Guy to friend: Why is that girls can get away with picking their noses?

–170th St & Broadway

Loud girl on cell in line at deli: You know I have bladder issues whenever I have sex!

–Broadway & Ooper

Lady suit, screaming into cell: Colon cleanse! Colon cleanse! Colon cleanse! I need a goddamn colon cleanse!

–Staten Island Ferry

Overheard by: Colin

Woman: My sister had a kidney removed when she was 9, and she still uses it.

–Dojo, W 4th St.

Guy: Yeah, the only reason I have kids is that, if I ever need it, I know there’s a compatible kidney around.

–33rd & 8th

Overheard by: kjsilopanna

Guy, looking at historic buildings: This is the kind of thing they should have taught us in school.
Girl: Yeah, there's a lot of things that schools didn't teach us.
Guy: I think a bug just flew into my nose.
Girl: What?
Guy: It's squirming around in there. It's really uncomfortable. I don't know what to do about it.

–Governor's Island

Overheard by: Kevin

Girl #1: I really hate Melissa Joan Hart.
Girl #2: How come?
Girl #1: I don’t know…her lazy eye really bugs me.

–10th & Broadway

Anthropology professor: If you have a young girl with a knife who starts ripping up her chest, wipes off the blood, and starts rubbing ash onto her, you might call her eccentric.

–SUNY
Stony Brook, New York

Overheard by: I don't think I'd call her at all.

Man: Don't worry, when your up there shakin' your booty, ain't nobody gonna be lookin' at your stomach!
Woman: You're right.

–Borough Hall Courtyard

Overheard by: Nacona