Girl in short skirt: Hey, that hobo just whistled at me!
Girl in tight pants: Ohmigod, he totally whistled at me like five minutes ago!
Girl in short skirt: Maybe he has something caught in his throat?
Girl in tight pants: No, I think were just really hot.
–Pond Bench, Central Park
Overheard by: A Person with Ears
Mother, after listening to child talking nonstop: You are so bizarre.
Six-year-old boy, seriously: I eat bugs.
–Central Park
Overheard by: Good to Know
Guy #1: Get out of the way! You’re in the walking lane and
people are trying to pass.
Guy #2: What walking lane? Only an idiot would walk on an elevator. People who walk are idiots.
Guy #1: This is called an escalator.
–Grand Central
Overheard by: Nicole Victoria
Girl: Let’s take the stairs.
Guy: But the stairs are so…leg-oriented.
–Tisch School of the Arts
Guy: It’s like a conveyor belt for miserable people.
–Penn Station
Really loud guy: That guy is so her bitch!
Friend: How do you know?
Really loud guy: He's wearing plaid.
–Central Park
Student: I feel like I'm drunk. Like when I was six.
–Middle School Dance, Spanish Harlem
Six-year-old girl: I drank beer once and I went crazy!
–Central Park
Dad, about his young son who has just run face-first into a chair: Don't worry about him, he's just drunk.
–Indian Road Cafe, Inwood
Overheard by: Rose Fox
Five-year-old boy: Next stop, wine store!
–University & 9th St
20-something girl in floral dress #1: I know! I was just like, “stick it in my ass already!”
20-something girl in floral dress #2: I know, right?
–Great Lawn, Central Park
Overheard by: The Boss
Teen boy: What do you do to 10-year-old girls?
Friend: I don’t do anything to 10-year-old girls. I just do stuff to myself while I’m watching 10-year-old girls.
–Columbus Circle
Old European guy, exasperated: Was Moses a hydrologist?
–Central Park
Woman on cell: Yeah, the kitty pushes the others around. He’s a real tyrant… Uh-huh. Guess what she named him: Osama.
–Central Park
Girl: Oh! Did I tell you? Karen* had an orgasm from anal!
Queer: You guys can can do that too?
–Central Park
Overheard by: Sean, not queer but not straight
