Brooklyn

Teen girl #1: I hate riding in her car.
Teen girl #2: I know! It smells like dog, and then you look like dog.

–Bushwick

Overheard by: -|

Jogging man: Well, let’s just say there’s more than one use for a pocket.
Jogging woman: Ewww! Gross!

–Prospect Park

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

Chick: This block is kinda difficult to walk.
Dude: I know. Watch out for the syringes, condoms, and shit.

–Lawton St & Bushwick Ave

Overheard by: Dodging the excrements of various objects

Guy: These shoes are so comfortable I can walk in them!
Girl: That could quite possibly be the dumbest shit you have ever said.

–Neptune Ave & Ocean Pkwy

Overheard by: i am that guy

Professor: So, does anybody know why the ocean is salty?
Bimbette: Isn’t it because of all the whale sperm?

–Oceanography class, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn

Overheard by: Anti-Traffic Girl

Boy looking at giant sculpture of newborn baby, frantic: Where’s the penis? Where’s the penis?! Where’s the penis?!
Younger sister, calmly: It’s a girl baby.

–Mueck exhibit, Brooklyn Museum

Overheard by: office peon waited for the Leibovitz

Teen chick #1: You think I’m ghetto, son? I bet you can’t even spell ‘ghetto.’
Teen chick #2: Yeah? G-E-T-T-O.
Teen chick #1: Ahhh, you stupid! It’s G-H-E-T-T-O. You can’t even spell ‘ghetto.’

–Prospect Park

Hobo: Hey, doggie. Come here, doggie. Hey, hey, doggie. Come over here.
Woman, pulling dog away on leash: Come, Mikey! Come on!
Hobo, to passerby: You see that? Fuckin’ racist don’t want me touchin’ her dog ’cause I’m fuckin’ black!
Teen passerby: No, sir, it’s because you are homeless.
Hobo: Oh. Well, yeah. There’s that.

–Clinton & Montague, Brooklyn Heights

Overheard by: Mike N

Guy: Stop taking napkins!
Girl, continuing to take napkins: The problem is that Anna keeps stealing all my underwear!

–Smiling Pizza, Brooklyn

Overheard by: megan cuervo