Woman on pay phone: They can’t arrest him because he didn’t even expose himself.
–Worth & Centre
Overheard by: Daniel Krieger
Woman on pay phone: They can’t arrest him because he didn’t even expose himself.
–Worth & Centre
Overheard by: Daniel Krieger
Girl #1: Did you know Will doesn’t like saggy boobs?
Girl #2: What?
Girl #1: You know, the ones that go to the hips.
–Lafayette between Franklin & White
Overheard by: Mike T.
Drunk girl: Now that I’ve peed, I don’t really feel hungry anymore.
–Spring & Lafayette
Girl: Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to Little Italy?
Man: You’re standing in it.
Girl: But isn’t this still Chinatown?
Man: Yeah, it’s that too.
–Mulberry & Grand
Overheard by: The Fever
Guy: Are you a robot?
Chick: What?
Guy: Are you a robot? Because I think you need some repairs.
Chick: No, I’m not.
Guy: Are you sure? Because I got a screwdriver in my back seat.
–Broadway between Spring & Broome
Overheard by: Jessica Jaglois
Guy: Why didn’t you want to tell my mom what you’re studying in school?
Girl: What was I supposed to do, say, “I study sexuality and your son is homework” and drag you by the arm into the bedroom? I don’t want her thinking I’m some kind of hussy who only uses people for sex as part of her doctoral research.
Guy: Actually, she would’ve been fine with that.
–Mott & Grand
Overheard by: Djlindee
Older brother: Ha ha, you look like a mice.
Younger brother: You don’t even know how to speak. You’re supposed to say I look like a mouse.
Older brother: No, a mice is a mouse when it’s still little.
–Gristedes, Henry Street
20-something female shopkeeper to coworker, as Michael Jackson's "Rock with You" plays on the radio: Did you hear he's sick? Apparently, he's in the hospital. I know, it's crazy. Can you imagine if he dies? If he dies, that'll be, like, the most awful thing to happen to America in years!
–Pet Food Store
Overheard by: Nathalie
Suit on cell: What if Michael Jackson sucking your dick was the cure for cancer?
–8th & Broadway
Man, lighting cigarette: So what'd he die from? A sunburn?
–Chambers St. & West Broadway
Middle aged black lady on cell: If you can get Michael Jackson on a condom box it would definitely sell.
–MacDougal & 8th St
Nine-year-old boy, pointing to a newspaper article, to younger sister: Oh yeah, that guy? He was fifty. He used to be a black guy but made himself become white.
–Canal & Orchard, Chinatown
Overheard by: Lauren T.
Large tattooed man, discussing Michael Jackson: One of those kids is his; the other two can't be, they're white. They were all unofficially inseminated, though.
–Delancey & Essex
Girl: I thought it was gonna be like a tiny thing!
Guy, freaking out: Why do you have a huge ass turtle?!
–Canal & Mott
Prostitute #1: And then she got pregnant by a homeless man!
Prostitute #2: Even I think that's low!
–Doyers St.