Brooklyn

Hipsterette #1: I just don’t know what to do!
Hipsterette #2: Just be an artist, baby. Paint it out. Paint all your emotions out.

–S 1st & Havemeyer, Williamsburg

Hobo #1: Bitches is crazy, crazy. Had no choice but to fuck that squirrel.
Hobo #2: Nooo, nooo.
Hobo #1: Yup, yup. That squirrel was worth five cents.
Hobo #2: Nooo, I’ll tell you how much that squirrel was worth. $15.98.

–St. Johns Pl, Park Slope

Woman who endured rush hour: Wow, what a rush! That was just like Frogger!

–Grand Central

Overheard by: Amy D M

Girl watching friend play Frogger: Oh, I remember how to play! You’re supposed to avoid the cars!

–Barcade, Williamsburg

Overheard by: champ

Dude: I’m telling you, I was put on this Earth just to play fuckin’ Tetris.

–W 13th St

Overheard by: Lauren L

Little Dominican boy to classmate: Why you had to tell on me, white boy, version-one-of-Donkey-Kong?!

–PS 8, Washington Heights

Overheard by: Mona

Law student: He’s a good professor, but he doesn’t have that Mortal Kombat instinct. You know — finish him!

–Sammy’s Noodle Shop, 6th Ave

Overheard by: Rose Fox

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