Boys

Seven-year-old boy (spelling everything he says): D-a-d-c-a-n-I-h-a-v-e-a-d-o-g?
Dad: N-o-t-n-o-w.
Seven-year-old boy: Shut yo’ mouth!

–Uptown 6 Train

Teenage girl: But she sucks a lot of dick for money!
Teenage boy: At least she’s getting paid! You suck a lot of dick for free! Who’s the winner in that situation?

–153rd St & Amsterdam Ave

Overheard by: Emily

Boy #1: What did you do last night?
Boy #2: I fucked what's-his-face last night.
Boy #1: You don't remember his name?
Boy #2: If it's under six inches, you don't get remembered!

–17th & 7th

Overheard by: Wyatt J

Grandma to kid: It’s really hard to kill people, you know.

–West Village

(20-something sits down and stretches his arms out in a yawn)
Man sitting one seat away: If you touch my leg I’ll kill you.

–1 Train

Middle-aged beefcake on phone: Oh yeah? Well he’s not trying anymore because he’s dead.

–42nd & Lex

Overheard by: bildita

Suit on cell: He was a great guy, until he decided to kill someone.

–Smith & Wollensky

Loud woman on payphone (very angrily): Well what the fuck am I supposed to do with her? Mausoleum? What? What the fuck?

–96th & Madison

Overheard by: grateful undead

Seven-year-old black boy: I’m goin’ to Iraq, to kill Obama!

–125th & Amsterdam

Overheard by: The Drummey

HS kid #1: You know what teflon is?
HS kid #2: No.
HS kid #1: It’s the stuff you coat bullets with so that they’ll pierce a bulletproof vest.

–23rd St. & Broadway

Overheard by: M Cohn

Little boy #1: You’re afraid to talk to girls!
Little boy #2 (very solemnly): Because they’re monsters.

–56th & 8th

Overheard by: Cori

Boy #1: You know, if I were a girl, I’d totally be attracted to Shelly’s dad.
Boy #2: What?
Boy #1: No, seriously. Because he knows all those people, and he’s, like, an alcoholic.

–Sassy’s Sliders, 86th & 3rd

Overheard by: Ken Yapelli

Teenager #1: So she 14, and you 17?
Teenager #2: Yeah, man.
Teenager #1: That’s nasty! You a rapist!

–R train

Young woman to young boy: Aw, look at the cute puppy.
Young boy: Aawww.
Young woman: See… he has a leash on just like you.

–45th & 3rd Ave

Overheard by: Nicole

(little boy #1 is playing a Nintendo)
Little boy #1: Yeah, that final boss was pretty hard, but I’m glad it was a sorceress, not a sorcerer; it’s a well known fact that they’re more powerful.
Little boy #2: It’s true.

–6 Train

Overheard by: florian