Are You Trying to Make Me Think I’m Not Paranoid?

Paranoid passenger to another: Are you looking at me?
Bus driver to paranoid passenger: Hey, don’t be so paranoid.
Paranoid passenger: I’m not paranoid. I just thought he was looking at me!

–Q31 Bus

Posted on December 30, 2022
Bus, Bus Drivers, On the Bus, Paranoia, Passengers, Psychology

Love Means Never Having to Say “I’m Puking”

Spanish thug #1: I’m all about love, man, but I never say it, like, I loved my ex.
Spanish thug #2: What is love? And not the general meaning of it.
Spanish thug #1: It’s like feeling sick to your stomach. (pause) Right?
Spanish thug #2: Yeah, that’s good.

–Q27 Bus

Overheard by: trying to read in peace

Posted on April 16, 2022
Body Parts, Bus, Compare/Contrast, Latinos, Love, On the Bus, Philosophy, Questions, Thugs

Now How I’d Deal with My Thesis Advisor, But Whatever.

Frat boy #1: If he kills me, I will kill him!
Frat boy #2: Oh, that makes a lot of sense.

–NYU Bus

Overheard by: ihatevegs

Posted on April 12, 2022
Bus, Frat Boys, Murder, On the Bus, Stupidity

Make Womb for Wednesday One‐Liners

Suit on phone: I don’t think she knows. (pause) But it’s just a night job! (pause) No, there’s no way I’m pregnant. (pause) Why not?! Because I’m a man, goddammit!

–Starbucks

Woman on cell: So remember that time I thought I had that miscarriage?

–Grand Concourse & Fordham Road

Overheard by: Erica S

Slightly overweight girl: Thank you for the offer, sweetie, but I’m not pregnant. I’m just fat!

–M100 Bus

Overheard by: Tinathetiny

Tall girl on cell: No way! I thought *you* were going to impregnate *me*. I wanna have *your* children.

–Prince & Broadway

Overheard by: Ken Paprocki

Posted on March 20, 2022
All Wednesday One-Liners, Bus, Diet/Weight, Fat People, Gender issues, Girls, Jobs & Careers, Kids, On Cell, On the Bus, One-liners, Physical appearance, Pregnancy & Birth Control, Questions, Soho, Starbucks, Street, Stupidity, Suits, The Bronx, Wednesday One-Liners, Weirdness, Wishes & desires, Women

Good Work, Citizen– We’ll Take It from Here!

Little girl with brand new doll: Mommy, what should I name her? I think I’ll name her “Pussy”!
Mother: Uh!
Little girl: Pussy! Like “pussycat”!
Mother: Okay… maybe we should think of a different name!
Hipster sitting next to them: I’m going to have to send a few texts about this.

–Bus

Overheard by: bradlea

Posted on December 6, 2021
Bus, Cell Phone, Hipsters, Kids, Moms, Names, On the Bus, Parents, Passengers, Questions, Vagina

Because Obama Totally Seems Like the Type Of Guy Who Listens to Rap

Obese black man #1 playing loud obscene rap song: What she looking at? (points to two old Russian women at the front of bus) Man, these white people. Don’t they know this is a free fuckin’ country?
Obese black man #2: Yeah, I’m tellin you, now that Obama’s elected, white people are gonna know what the fuck’s up.

–Q63 Bus

Overheard by: filemeunder

Posted on October 25, 2021
Black People, Bus, Fat People, On the Bus, Politics, President, Questions, Race, Singing

That’s Such a Crime

Teen boy #1: She’s not a slave.
Teen boy #2: Slaves have a third grade reading level.
Teen boy #1: Fourth.

–B31 bus

Posted on February 28, 2021
Bus, Education, Elementary & Middle School, On the Bus, Stupidity, Teens

You Keep Saying It, We’ll Keep Posting It

Black girl: Some motherfucker put me on this site called overheardinnewyork.com. It’s so fucked up. Why would anyone put what I said on the streets to a site? This shit is not fucking funny.
Black guy: What was put up? I gotta check this out, this shit sounds funny.
Black girl: You were there, it was the time I told this Chinese nigger to apologize and he ended up telling me to go fuck myself, and it was posted by some motherfucker called Ting. Is that even a real fucking name?
Black guy: Yeah, I remember that, that shit was hilarious.
Black girl: Fuck you laughing at? Don’t make me rip your balls out.

–Q46 bus

Overheard by: Ting (again!)